@article{5ff8ba4b4be04feb82f7dd884e64f367,
title = "Preparation of polymer brushes with well-controlled stereoregularity and evaluation of their functional properties",
abstract = "Polymer brushes in which one polymer chain end is tethered to a substrate show permanent properties related to the chemical structure of the polymer. However, they cannot accommodate functional molecules in the desired space because of the steric hindrance between neighboring polymer chains. To overcome this problem, the preparation of polymer brushes with ordered nanopores is strongly desired. High-density poly(methyl methacrylate) brushes with well-controlled stereoregularity were prepared using a surface-initiated living anionic polymerization method in the presence of a Lewis acid. A molecular weight range from 6 to 400 K with a narrow polydispersity index was obtained. Grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurements indicated that the polymer brushes formed a helical structure approximately 1 nm in diameter and consisting of encapsulated functional molecules or polymers, leading to the formation of inclusion complexes or stereocomplexes.",
author = "Tomoyasu Hirai and Masanao Sato and Tomoki Kato and Hitoshi Shimamoto and Kiyu Uno and Nobuyuki Otozawa and Atsushi Takahara",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Photon and Quantum Basic Research Coordinated Development Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. We also acknowledge support from the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) MEXT, Japan, and the Cooperative Research Program of “Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices”. Part of this work was supported by the Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies (ImPACT) Program. This work was performed under the Cooperative Research Program of “Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41428-018-0078-y",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "931--939",
journal = "Polymer Journal",
issn = "0032-3896",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "10",
}