Issue 2, 2010

A facile route for the preparation of azide-terminated polymers. “Clicking” polyelectrolyte brushes on planar surfaces and nanochannels

Abstract

In this work we describe the facile preparation of azide-terminated polymers by conventional radical polymerization (cRP) using azo initiators bearing azide groups. We show that cRP provides a convenient avenue for the preparation of azide end-functional polymers in a one-step process. The versatility of this chemical methodology was demonstrated by the synthesis of unprecedented azide end group-functionalized sodium polystyrene sulfonate (PSSNa) and poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl-trimethylammonium chloride) (PMETAC) which were then “clicked” onto alkyne-terminated silicon surfaces and polyethylene terephthalate nanochannels to form polyelectrolyte brush layers. The facile synthesis of the end-functionalized macromolecular building blocks will enable the creation of a wide variety of “clickable” architectures using very simple synthetic tools. We are confident that these results will constitute a key element in the “click” chemistry toolbox and, as such, will have strong implications for the molecular design of interfaces using macromolecular architectures.

Graphical abstract: A facile route for the preparation of azide-terminated polymers. “Clicking” polyelectrolyte brushes on planar surfaces and nanochannels

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jun 2009
Accepted
07 Jul 2009
First published
25 Nov 2009

Polym. Chem., 2010,1, 183-192

A facile route for the preparation of azide-terminated polymers. “Clicking” polyelectrolyte brushes on planar surfaces and nanochannels

B. Yameen, M. Ali, M. Álvarez, R. Neumann, W. Ensinger, W. Knoll and O. Azzaroni, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 183 DOI: 10.1039/B9PY00201D

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