Phototriggered, Metal-Free Continuous Assembly of Polymers for the Fabrication of Ultrathin Films

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/mz300307e

Edgar H. H. Wong, Stefanie N. Guntari, AntonBlencowe, Martin P. van Koeverden, Frank Caruso, and Greg G. Qiao

Thin films were created by crosslinking acrylate groups of polymers with thiocarbamate initiators on silica surfaces . They characterized film thickness by ellipsometry and films coated onto silica particles by AFM, fluorescence, and differential interference contrast microscopy.