Grafting density and antifouling properties of poly[<i>N</i>-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide] brushes prepared by “grafting to” and “grafting from”
Yu-Min Wang, Anna Kálosi, Yuriy Halahovets, Iryna Romanenko, Jiří Slabý, Jiřı́ Homola, Ján Svoboda, Andrés de los Santos Pereira, Ognen Pop‐Georgievski
Abstract
Poly(HPMA) brushes prepared by a grafting-from method suppress fouling from blood plasma by an order of magnitude better than the polymer brushes of the same molecular weight prepared by a grafting-to method.
Topics & Concepts
MethacrylamideGraftingPolymer chemistryBiofoulingMaterials sciencePolymerChemical engineeringCopolymerPolymer scienceChemistryComposite materialAcrylamideMembraneEngineeringBiochemistryPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesDendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry