Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Functionalization of carbon nanotubes by combination of controlled radical polymerization and “grafting to” method

Z Abousalman-Rezvani, P Eskandari… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the recent advances in non-covalent and covalent tethering of small
molecules and polymer chains onto carbon nanotube (CNT) and its derivatives. The …

Polymer-functionalization of carbon nanotube by in situ conventional and controlled radical polymerizations

P Eskandari, Z Abousalman-Rezvani… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Functionalization of carbon nanotube (CNT) with polymers has drawn much attention due to
its wide range of applications. Polymer-functionalized CNT could exhibit variety of …

Surface-initiated polymerization from carbon nanotubes: strategies and perspectives

G Sakellariou, D Priftis, D Baskaran - Chemical society reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) represent one of the most promising materials in nanoscience
today, with their unique electronic, chemical and mechanical properties. Strong van der …

Preparation and characterization of fluorinated hydrophobic UV-crosslinkable thiol-ene polyurethane coatings

W Xia, N Zhu, R Hou, W Zhong, M Chen - Coatings, 2017 - mdpi.com
The polyurethane prepolymer terminated with a double bond was synthesized using
isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), 1, 4-butanediol …

Isothermal crystallization kinetics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes-graft-poly (ε-caprolactone) with high grafting degrees

B Zhou, ZZ Tong, J Huang, JT Xu, ZQ Fan - CrystEngComm, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) grafted on multi-walled
carbon nanotubes (MWNTs-g-PCL) with high grafting degrees were studied and compared …

Effect of molecular weight on isothermal crystallization kinetics of multi-walled carbon nanotubes-graft-poly (ε-caprolactone)

B Zhou, WN He, XY Jiang, ZZ Tong, JT Xu… - Composites science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Three multi-walled carbon nanotubes-graft-poly (ε-caprolactone)(MWNTs-g-PCL) samples
with different PCL chain lengths but the same grafting density were prepared and isothermal …

Carbon nanotube–poly (methyl methacrylate) hybrid films: Preparation using diazonium salt chemistry and mechanical properties

F Mammeri, J Teyssandier, C Darche-Dugaret… - Journal of colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The poor miscibility of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in common organic solvents
and organic monomers requires their modification by suitable functional (reactive or not) …

Synthesis and characterization of pyrene bearing amphiphilic miktoarm star polymer and its noncovalent interactions with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

H Durmaz, A Dag, U Tunca… - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A novel amphiphilic miktoarm star polymer, polystyrene‐poly (ethylene glycol)‐poly (methyl
methacrylate), bearing a pyrene group at the end of PS arm (Pyrene‐PS‐PEG‐PMMA) was …

Preparation of antibacterial PDMAEMA‐functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotube via atom transfer radical polymerization

YT Joo, KH Jung, MJ Kim, Y Kim - Journal of applied polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly [2‐(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate](PDMAEMA) was grafted onto the
bromine‐functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by applying an atom …