Issue 8, 2012

Patterned polymer brushes

Abstract

This critical review summarizes recent developments in the fabrication of patterned polymer brushes. As top-down lithography reaches the length scale of a single macromolecule, the combination with the bottom-up synthesis of polymer brushes by surface-initiated polymerization becomes one main avenue to design new materials for nanotechnology. Recent developments in surface-initiated polymerizations are highlighted along with diverse strategies to create patterned polymer brushes on all length scales based on irradiation (photo- and interference lithography, electron-beam lithography), mechanical contact (scanning probe lithography, soft lithography, nanoimprinting lithography) and on surface forces (capillary force lithography, colloidal lithography, Langmuir–Blodgett lithography) (116 references).

Graphical abstract: Patterned polymer brushes

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
23 Aug 2011
First published
10 Jan 2012

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012,41, 3280-3296

Patterned polymer brushes

T. Chen, I. Amin and R. Jordan, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 3280 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS15225H

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