Grafting from polymer surfaces techniques

The modihcation of polymer surfaces by graft copolymerization of a monomer or monomers from active sites has been reported in numerous references [165-169]. The most common techniques are y- and EB radiations, which generate surface radicals. Monomers can be present in gas phase (sublimed solid), in solution or as neat liquid. 

In general, in the field of materials or condensed matter, the preparation of polymer brushes on solid surfaces is of great interest for surface modification and composite material preparation [4-6]. A number of model surface grafting techniques have been used on planar surfaces and particles and have been the subject of previous reviews. While a munber of polymer brush preparation methods have been reported using physisorption or chemisorption or so-called grafting onto methods, the emphasis of this review is on surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) methods or grafting from methods. 

A dense polymer brush is obtained using the grafting from techniques. Surface-initiated polymerization in conjunction with a living polymerization technique is one of the most useful synthetic routes for the precise design and functionalization of the surfaces of various solid materials with well-defined polymers and copolymers. Above all, surface-initiated living radical polymerization (LRP) is particularly promising due to its simplicity and versatility and it has been applied for the synthesis of Au NPs. 

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