In situ spectroscopic ellipsometry of pH-responsive polymer brushes on gold substrates

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 9061-9069

  Rauch, Sebastian ^a,b   Uhlmann, Petra ^a   Eichhorn, Klaus Jochen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polymer brushes; Smart surfaces; Spectroscopic ellipsometry; Thin films

Indexed keywords

2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH-RESPONSIVE POLYMER; POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES; POLYMER BRUSHES; SMART SURFACES; SURFACE INITIATED-ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DENDRIMERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS;

BRUSHES;

EID: 84890122514     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7090-z     Document Type: Article

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