PMID- 28399464 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180606 LR - 20180606 IS - 1095-7103 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9797 (Linking) VI - 500 DP - 2017 Aug 15 TI - Surface initiated supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-SARA-ATRP) of 4-vinylpyridine on poly(ethylene terephthalate). PG - 69-78 LID - S0021-9797(17)30392-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.03.115 [doi] AB - Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrates were modified by means of surface-initiated supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-SARA-ATRP) of 4-vinylpyridine (4VP). Substrates were pretreated in order to graft chloromethylbenzene (CMB) units capable of initiating the radical polymerization reaction of 4VP units. Surface characterization techniques, including Water Contact Angle (WCA), Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) showed a successful grafting of a stable, smooth and homogenous layer of p4VP. This process offers the advantages of a rapid, simplified and low cost strategy to chemically modify polymer substrates with covalently bonded layer of the pH responsive p4VP for different applications. Moreover, by using TOF-SIMS profiling, we were able to track a density gradient along the z-axis generated by the interpenetrating phases of the different layers of the final modified surface. Fact that we correlated to the various positions of initiation sites within the polyethylenimine (PEI) used for PET aminolysis prior to CMB grafting. Our strategy will be used in future work to graft other polymers for different applications where industrial scale viable options are needed. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Maaz, Mohamad AU - Maaz M AD - Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, CNRS-L, Beirut, Lebanon; Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), UMR 8182, Univ Paris Sud, Universite Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France. FAU - Elzein, Tamara AU - Elzein T AD - Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, CNRS-L, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: tamara.elzein@cnrs.edu.lb. FAU - Bejjani, Alice AU - Bejjani A AD - Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, CNRS-L, Beirut, Lebanon. FAU - Barroca-Aubry, Nadine AU - Barroca-Aubry N AD - Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), UMR 8182, Univ Paris Sud, Universite Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France. FAU - Lepoittevin, Benedicte AU - Lepoittevin B AD - Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), UMR 8182, Univ Paris Sud, Universite Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France. FAU - Dragoe, Diana AU - Dragoe D AD - Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), UMR 8182, Univ Paris Sud, Universite Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France. FAU - Mazerat, Sandra AU - Mazerat S AD - Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), UMR 8182, Univ Paris Sud, Universite Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France. FAU - Nsouli, Bilal AU - Nsouli B AD - Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, CNRS-L, Beirut, Lebanon. FAU - Roger, Philippe AU - Roger P AD - Institut de Chimie Moleculaire et des Materiaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), UMR 8182, Univ Paris Sud, Universite Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France. Electronic address: philippe.roger@u-psud.fr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170402 PL - United States TA - J Colloid Interface Sci JT - Journal of colloid and interface science JID - 0043125 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 4-Vinylpyridine 4VP OT - Poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET OT - Surface-initiated supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization SARA ATRP OT - ToF-SIMS OT - XPS EDAT- 2017/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/12 06:01 CRDT- 2017/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/03/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9797(17)30392-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.03.115 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Colloid Interface Sci. 2017 Aug 15;500:69-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.03.115. Epub 2017 Apr 2.