Polymer Micro- and Nanografting

Authors: Celestino Padeste, Sonja Neuhaus Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication date: 2015 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 116 Publication formats: EAN: 9780323354066 ISBN: 9780323354066 Category: Plastics & polymers technology Publisher's index: 9780323354066 Bibliographic note: Sonja Neuhaus (born 1983 in Aarau, Switzerland) is a project leader in the area of polymer nanotechnology at the Institute for Polymer Nanotechnology (INKA) at the University of Applied Sciences (Windisch, Switzerland). She graduated with a Master of Science in materials science with honours from the ETH Zurich in 2008. From 2008-2011 she worked as a PhD student in the laboratory for micro- and nanotechnology (LMN) at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Villigen. Her thesis on the "Functionalization of Polymer Surfaces with Polyelectrolyte Brushes" was supervised by Prof. N.D. Spencer of the Laboratory of Surface Science and Technology at the ETH Zurich and by Dr. C. Padeste (LMN). Working as a project leader in the R&D department of Glas Trösch AG from 2011 to 2013, she extended and deepened her knowledge on methods for coating and functionalizing surfaces. S. Neuhaus is (co-)author of several publications. Main research interests include modification and functionalization of (polymer) surfaces, organic coatings, wettability and wetting phenomena on flat and structured surfaces, surface analysis, polymer technology.

Description

Polymers have proven to be very suitable materials for topographic structuring, in particular in nanoreplication processes. Micro- and Nanografting strategies address the possibility for the formation of chemical patterns and structures on or in polymeric substrates using relatively simple processes. Polymer Micro- and Nanografting focuses on grafting techniques characterization and applications for the particular combination of polymer layers on polymer substrates. The authors, leaders in this area of research, provide a comprehensive survey on polymer-on-polymer grafting, covering the latest developments and future applications.

Provides a comprehensive survey on polymer-on-polymer grafting, covering the latest developments and future applications
Focuses on grafting techniques, characterization and applications for the particular combination of polymer layers on polymer substrates
Concentrates on the combination of structuring methods and chemical functionalization of polymers
Addresses the possibility for the formation of chemical patterns and structures on or in polymeric substrates

Author's affiliation

Celestino Padeste: Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Sonja Neuhaus: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule fü