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Synthesis of Ultra-high Molecular Weight SiO2-g-PMMA Particle Brushes

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A simple route to synthesize ultra-high molecular weight particle brushes by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) from silica nanoparticles was developed. SiO2-g-PMMA and SiO2-g-PS particle brushes were prepared with different [SiO2–Br]0 concentration of initiating sites on the surface of the nanoparticles. Ultra-high MW (> 106) SiO2-g-PMMA particle brushes with narrow molecular weight distribution (< 1.3) and different grafting densities were synthesized. The grafting density of SiO2-g-PMMA particle brushes decreased with increasing target degree of polymerization. The same conditions were applied to the synthesis of SiO2-g-PS particle brushes. However, due to the lower propagation rate constant of styrene, coupling between SiO2-g-PS particle brushes occurred and also some fraction of unattached homopolystyrene was generated by the thermal self-initiation of styrene, preventing successful synthesis of ultra-high MW SiO2-g-PS particle brushes.

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This work was supported by NSF (DMR 1501324 and DMR 1410845), the Department of Energy (DE-EE0006702), the National Science Center (Grant UMO-2014/14/A/ST5/00204), as well as the Scott Institute for Energy Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University.

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    Zongyu Wang, Tong Liu, Kevin C. Lin, Sipei Li, Jiajun Yan, Mateusz Olszewski, Julian Sobieski & Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

  2. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Michael R. Bockstaller

  3. Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology, Technical University of Lodz, Stefanowskiego 12/16, 90 924, Lodz, Poland

    Joanna Pietrasik

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Wang, Z., Liu, T., Lin, K.C. et al. Synthesis of Ultra-high Molecular Weight SiO2-g-PMMA Particle Brushes. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 174–181 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01289-8

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