| PROPERTIES | Cross-linked, double-grafted brushes behave as supersoft rubbers that mechanically resemble hydrogels, Matyjaszewski observed |
| SYNTHESIS |
In recent work, for example, the group employed two ATRP steps to synthesize densely double-grafted brush copolymers. In the first step, ATRP is used to prepare poly(2-bromopropionyloxyethyl methacrylate) (PBPEM), which is used as a macroinitiator. Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether with a methacrylate end group (PEO-MA) is then grafted by ATRP from the macroinitiator. The product is P[BPEM-graft-(PEO-MA)]. |
| UPDATE | 04.03 |
| USES | "They may be potentially used in many applications from tissue engineering and wound healing to cosmetics and specialty coatings," he said |
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