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Controlled polystyrene brushes grown on AFM tip

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We report here the first successful growth of Polystyrene brushes directly from the apex of a conventional AFM tip using a Langmuir-Blodgett deposition technique [1, 2] associated with a controlled free radical polymerization. The efficiency of the grafting together with the possibility to form multi-layers are checked through AFM force measurements between a bare or functionalized tip and a silicon wafer in water or xylene.

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  1. Polymeric Materials and Biomaterials Laboratory, Claude Bernard - Lyon 1 University, ISTIL 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, , , , , , FR

    C. Devaux & J.-P. Chapel

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Received 9 July 2002 and Received in final form 16 December 2002 Published online: 20 March 2003

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Devaux, C., Chapel, JP. Controlled polystyrene brushes grown on AFM tip. Eur. Phys. J. E 10, 77–81 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/e2003-00010-5

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