Abstract
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) was synthesized and grafted from silicon wafers by copper-mediated photoinduced atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) using α-bromophenyl acetic acid-based initiators. Aggregation-induced photonic emission (AIE) was observed in well-defined, low molecular weight (Mn < 10k) bulk PAN as well as in thin (d < 15 nm), surface-grafted polymer brushes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 669-674 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 9 Dec 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jan 2020 |
Funding
MK and GJV thank the 4TU.High-Tech Materials research program: ‘New Horizons in Designer Materials’ for financial support. The authors are grateful to prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski for many fruitful comments and discussions.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Biochemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry