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. 2013 Jul 15;52(29):7468-71.
doi: 10.1002/anie.201301988. Epub 2013 Jun 11.

Self-oscillating polymer brushes

Tsukuru Masuda  1 , Mio Hidaka, Yoko Murase, Aya Mizutani Akimoto, Kenichi Nagase, Teruo Okano, Ryo Yoshida
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Self-oscillating polymer brushes

Tsukuru Masuda et al. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. .

Abstract

An autonomous functional surface has been designed by using self-oscillating polymers that convert the chemical energy of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction into conformational changes of the polymer chains (see picture: red: hydrophobic/collapsed, green: hydrophilic/extended). Self-oscillating polymer brushes were grafted onto the inner surface of a glass capillary, and autonomous propagation of a chemical wave was observed.

Keywords: ATRP; functional surfaces; oscillating reactions; polymer brushes; ruthenium.

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