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Aggregation states and dynamics of polymers at the surface are generally different from those in the corresponding bulk state. To what extent they differ from that of the bulk strongly depends on the polymer primary structure. Therefore, fine-tuning the surface properties of polymers can be achieved by exhibiting control over their structure using precision polymer synthesis. We here show how the polymer design effectively impacts the structure and dynamics at the surfaces.
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Acknowledgments
A part of results mentioned above has been obtained in collaboration with Prof. S. Nakahama, Prof. A. Hirao, and Prof. T. Ishizone (Tokyo Institute of Technology); Prof. S. Aoshima and Prof. S. Kanaoka (Osaka University); and Prof. T. Kajiyama, Prof. T. Nagamura, Prof. A. Takahara, Prof. H. Matsuno, Dr. Y. Fujii, Dr. H. Atarashi, and Dr. A. Horinouchi (Kyushu University). We deeply thank all of our collaborators. This research was partly supported by the Scientific Research on Innovative Area “New Polymeric Materials Based on Element-Blocks” (No. 25102535) program and by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (No. 15H02183) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
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Abbreviations
- α,ω-PS(NH2)2 :
-
α,ω-Diamino-terminated polystyrene
- α,ω-PS(COOH)2 :
-
α,ω-Dicarboxy-terminated polystyrene
- α,ω-PS(Rf)2 :
-
Fluoroalkyl into both ends of polystyrene
- DSC:
-
Differential scanning calorimetry
- i-PMMA:
-
Isotactic-PMMA
- PMMA:
-
Poly(methyl methacrylate)
- PMPE:
-
Poly(methyl-2-propenyl ether)
- PS:
-
Polystyrene
- PVME:
-
Poly(vinyl methyl ether)
- SFG:
-
Sum-frequency generation
- SFM:
-
Scanning force microscopy
- s-PMMA:
-
Syndiotactic PMMA
- T g b :
-
Bulk glass transition temperature
- T g s :
-
Surface glass transition temperature
- XPS:
-
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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Hirai, T., Oda, Y., Penaloza, D.P., Kawaguchi, D., Tanaka, K. (2015). Control of Surface Structure and Dynamics of Polymers Based on Precision Synthesis. In: Hadjichristidis, N., Hirao, A. (eds) Anionic Polymerization. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54186-8_19
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