Here, we report on a new temperature responsive polymer brush system with a terminal “click” functionality. Bifunctionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNiPAAm) with distinct functional end groups was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and grafted to a modified silicon substrate. The presence of the active terminal alkyne functionality is validated using an azide-modified rhodamine B (N3-RhB) via copper(I) catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition (CuAAC). The optical properties and swelling dynamics of an N3-RhB modified PNiPAAm brush are analyzed in dry state and in situ by VIS-spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). The best-fit results are obtained using a Gaussian oscillator model and are confirmed by UV/VIS-spectroscopy. We observed evidence of interactions between the aromatic residues of the dye and the PNiPAAm amide groups, which significantly affect the swelling behavior of the modified polymer brush. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:27823 |
Date | January 2012 |
Creators | Rauch, Sebastian, Eichhorn, Klaus-Jochen, Oertel, Ulrich, Stamm, Manfred, Kuckling, Dirk, Uhlmann, Petra |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
Source | Soft matter 2012;8:10260–10270, ISSN: 1744-683X |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | 10.1039/c2sm26571k |
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