Facile one‐pot method of initiator fixation for surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization on carbon hard spheres |
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| Authors: | Muhammad Ejaz Bhanukiran Sunkara Lakhinder Kamboj Jibao He Vijay T. John Noshir S. Pesika Scott M. Grayson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, , New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118 United States;2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, , New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118 United States;3. Coordinated Instrument Facility, Tulane University, , New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118 United States |
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| Abstract: | An efficient and novel one‐pot process is developed to immobilize the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators onto the surface of fully pyrolyzed carbon hard spheres (CHSs) via a radical trapping process from the in situ thermal decomposition of bis(bromomethylbenzoyl)peroxide. The CHSs do not require any additional preparative treatment prior to the initiator immobilization. Styrene and methyl methacrylate are polymerized onto initiator‐immobilized CHSs by surface‐initiated atomic transfer radical polymerization (SI‐ATRP). Samples are characterized using Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. These methods of characterization confirmed that all the CHSs are coated with a uniform layer of grafted polymer. This efficient, one‐pot immobilization of ATRP‐initiators represents an exceptionally simple route for the rapid preparation of various polymer‐coated carbon‐based nanomaterials using SI‐ATRP. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 3314–3322 |
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| Keywords: | atom transfer radical polymerization carbon hard spheres nanomaterial polymer grafts polystyrene poly(methyl methacrylate) |
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