PMID- 30965846
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231006
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 10
DP  - 2017 Oct 23
TI  - Optimisation of Surface-Initiated Photoiniferter-Mediated Polymerisation under 
      Confinement, and the Formation of Block Copolymers in Mesoporous Films.
LID - 10.3390/polym9100539 [doi]
LID - 539
AB  - Nature as the ultimate inspiration can direct, gate, and selectively transport 
      species across channels to fulfil a specific targeted function. Harnessing such 
      precision over local structure and functionality at the nanoscale is expected to 
      lead to indispensable developments in synthetic channels for application in 
      catalysis, filtration and sensing, and in drug delivery. By combining mesoporous 
      materials with localised charge-switchable poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl 
      methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) brushes, precisely controlling pore filling and exploring 
      the possibility of incorporating two different responsive polymers, we hope to 
      approach the precision control of natural systems in the absence of an external 
      force. Here, we report a simple one-step approach to prepare a mesoporous silica 
      thin film with ~8 nm pores functionalised with a photoiniferter by combining 
      sol(-)gel chemistry and evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA). We show that 
      surface-initiated photoiniferter-mediated polymerisation (SI-PIMP) allows the 
      incorporation of a high polymer content up to geometrical pore blocking by the 
      simple application of UV light in the presence of a monomer and solvent, 
      proceeding in a controlled manner in pore sizes below 10 nm, with the potential 
      to tune the material properties through the formation of surface-grafted block 
      copolymers.
FAU - Tom, Jessica C
AU  - Tom JC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3802-211X
AD  - Ernst-Berl Institut fur Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische 
      Universitat Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. 
      jessica.c.h.tom@gmail.com.
FAU - Brilmayer, Robert
AU  - Brilmayer R
AD  - Ernst-Berl Institut fur Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische 
      Universitat Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. 
      brilmayer@cellulose.tu-darmstadt.de.
FAU - Schmidt, Johannes
AU  - Schmidt J
AD  - Technische Universitat Berlin, Fakultat II, Institut fur Chemie, Hardenbergstr. 
      40, 10623 Berlin, Germany. johannes.schmidt@tu-berlin.de.
FAU - Andrieu-Brunsen, Annette
AU  - Andrieu-Brunsen A
AD  - Ernst-Berl Institut fur Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische 
      Universitat Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. 
      brunsen@cellulose.tu-darmstadt.de.
LA  - eng
GR  - Exploration Grant/Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171023
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC6418678
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - block copolymers
OT  - grafting from
OT  - ionic permselectivity
OT  - local functionalisation
OT  - mesoporous silica
OT  - photoiniferter
OT  - photoinitiated
OT  - surface-initiated
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The founding sponsors had no role in 
      the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; 
      in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.
EDAT- 2017/10/23 00:00
MHDA- 2017/10/23 00:01
PMCR- 2017/10/23
CRDT- 2019/04/11 06:00
PHST- 2017/09/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/10/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/10/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/04/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/10/23 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/10/23 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym9100539 [pii]
AID - polymers-09-00539 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym9100539 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2017 Oct 23;9(10):539. doi: 10.3390/polym9100539.