Solvent-driven migration of highly polar monomers into hydrophobic PDMS produces a thick graft layer via subsurface initiated ATRP for efficient antibiofouling
journal contribution
posted on 2020-05-07, 00:00authored byXin Yu, Yang Yang, Wufang Yang, Xungai Wang, Xin Liu, Feng Zhou, Yan Zhao
Organic solvents that possess affinity towards both polar monomers and hydrophobic PDMS play a “driving” role in the diffusion of polar monomers into the subsurface of the PDMS substrate.
History
Journal
Chemical Communications
Volume
56
Pagination
5030-5033
Location
London, Eng.
ISSN
1359-7345
eISSN
1364-548X
Language
eng
Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal, C Journal article