Polymer Brush Films with Varied Grafting and Cross Linking D ...

Inga Lilge

• 21 september 2017
• 9783658195946

Samenvatting:

In her research, Inga Lilge focuses on a systematic study of poly(acrylamide) (PAAm) brushes prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). In addition to the analysis of the time dependence of the polymer brush growth, the conformation of the polymer brushes is varied by grafting or cross-linking density.

In her research, Inga Lilge focuses on a systematic study of poly(acrylamide) (PAAm) brushes prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). In addition to the analysis of the time dependence of the polymer brush growth, the conformation of the polymer brushes is varied by grafting or cross-linking density. The results have practical implications for the study of cellular interactions on PAAm brushes since cell-substrate interactions are known to influence various cell characteristics, such as migration and adhesion.
Contents

• Introduction to Polymer Brushes
  
• Preparation of Cross-Linked Polymer Brushes
  
• Utilization of Binary Monolayers for the Polymer Brush Synthesis
  
• Characterization of Modified Gold Surfaces
  
• AFM Nanoindentation in Water/Analysis of the Young’s Modulus

Target Groups

• Lecturers, students and researchers in chemistry, polymer chemistry, surface and materials science
  
• Chemists, surface and materials scientists

The Author Inga Lilge finished her PhD at the University of Siegen, Department of Chemistry & Biology, Germany.