Modification of surfaces with polymers

US8871831B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US
• CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Jinyu Huang · Bolingbrook, US
• Alan J. Russell · Boulder, US
• Nicolay Tsarevsky · Dallas, US
• Krzysztof Matyjaszewski · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L53/00
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A polymer formed by controlled radical polymerization includes groups that can be modified after controlled radical polymerization to form a radical. The polymer can be the reaction product of a controlled radical polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers, wherein at least one of the radically polymerizable monomers includes at least one group that can be modified after the controlled radical polymerization to form a radical.