writer：Xiujuan Shi, Gaojian Chen, Yanwei Wang, Lin Yuan, Qiang Zhang, David M Haddleton, Hong Chen
keywords：http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la4037748
source：期刊
specific source：Langmuir, 2013, 29 (46), pp 14188–14195
Issue time：2013年

Surface-initiated SET-LRP was used to synthesize polymer brush containing N-isopropylacrylamide and adamantyl acrylate using Cu(I)Cl/Me6-TREN as precursor catalyst and isopropanol/H2O as solvent. Different reaction conditions were explored to investigate the influence of different parameters (reaction time, catalyst concentration, monomer concentration) on the polymerization. Copolymers with variable 1-adamantan-1-ylmethyl acrylate (Ada) content and comparable thickness were synthesized onto silicon surfaces. Furthermore, hydrophilic and bioactive molecule, β-cyclodextrin-(mannose)7 (CDm), was synthesized and complexed with adamantane via host-guest interaction. The effect of adamantane alone and the effect of CDm together with adamantane on the wettability and thermo-responsive property of surface were investigated in detail. Experimental and molecular structure analysis showed that Ada at certain content together with CDm has the greatest impact on surface wettability. When Ada content was high (20%), copolymer-CDm surfaces showed almost no CDm complexed with Ada as the result of steric hindrance.