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A simple route to synthesize ultra-high molecular weight particle brushes by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) from silica nanoparticles was developed. SiO2-g-PMMA and SiO2-g-PS particle brushes were prepared with different [SiO2–Br]0 concentration of initiating sites on the surface of the nanoparticles. Ultra-high MW (> 106) SiO2-g-PMMA particle brushes with narrow molecular weight distribution (< 1.3) and different grafting densities were synthesized. The grafting density of SiO2-g-PMMA particle brushes decreased with increasing target degree of polymerization. The same conditions were applied to the synthesis of SiO2-g-PS particle brushes. However, due to the lower propagation rate constant of styrene, coupling between SiO2-g-PS particle brushes occurred and also some fraction of unattached homopolystyrene was generated by the thermal self-initiation of styrene, preventing successful synthesis of ultra-high MW SiO2-g-PS particle brushes.
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This work was supported by NSF (DMR 1501324 and DMR 1410845), the Department of Energy (DE-EE0006702), the National Science Center (Grant UMO-2014/14/A/ST5/00204), as well as the Scott Institute for Energy Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Wang, Z., Liu, T., Lin, K.C. et al. Synthesis of Ultra-high Molecular Weight SiO2-g-PMMA Particle Brushes. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 174–181 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01289-8
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