Abstract
A polymer brush surface with autonomous function has been designed by using a self-oscillating polymer that we developed. The self-oscillation is induced by chemomechanical energy conversion from an oscillating chemical reaction (the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction) to conformational changes of polymer chains. In this study, the surface nanostructure of polymer brushes were regulated and the spatiotemporal behaviors of self-oscillation were investigated. The target polymer brush surfaces were prepared through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) and N-(3-aminopropyl) methacrylamide (NAPMAm), and the subsequent conjugation of Ru(bpy)3 to the amino group of NAPMAm. The characterization of the prepared polymer brush and the free polymer was determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV–vis spectrophotometry, gel permeation chromatography, and 1H N...
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