New syntheses of hyperbranched polyamine grafts Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper describes a new synthesis of hyperbranched polyamine grafts on amine functionalized silicon wafers using a surface-initiated palladium-catalyzed ring-opening graft polymerization of 5-vinyl-2-oxazolidinone. The extent of grafting was followed by contact angle analysis, ATR-IR, and XPS spectroscopy. The surface mechanical properties of the resulting interfaces were characterized physically using a nanoindenter. The surface roughness of the grafts was measured using atomic force microscopy. Analogous solution-state palladium-catalyzed polymerizations of 5-vinyl-2-oxazolidinone were also investigated using isobutylamine as an initiator to provide insight into the structure of the graft polymer.

published proceedings

  • MACROMOLECULES

author list (cited authors)

  • Bergbreiter, D. E., Kippenberger, A. M., & Lackowski, W. M.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Bergbreiter, DE||Kippenberger, AM||Lackowski, WM

publication date

  • January 2005