@article{915908dd9a2a474183d6b87a64a1050e,
title = "Metal-Free Removal of Polymer Chain Ends Using Light",
abstract = "A light-mediated method for the facile removal of polymer end groups that are common to controlled radical polymerization techniques is presented. This metal-free strategy is general, being effective for chlorine, bromine, and thiocarbonylthio moieties as well as a number of different polymer families (styrenic, acrylic, and methacrylic). In addition to solution reactions, this process is readily translated to thin films, where light mediation allows the straightforward fabrication of hierarchically patterned polymer brushes.",
author = "Mattson, {Kaila M.} and Pester, {Christian W.} and Gutekunst, {Will R.} and Hsueh, {Andy T.} and Discekici, {Emre H.} and Yingdong Luo and Schmidt, {Bernhard V.K.J.} and McGrath, {Alaina J.} and Clark, {Paul G.} and Hawker, {Craig J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation (DMR 1121053, C.J.H.) and The Dow Chemical Company through the Dow Materials Institute at UCSB (K.M.M., W.R.G., E.H.D., Y.L., A.J.M., C.J.H.) for financial support. K.M.M. and C.J.H. also acknowledge the PREM program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-1205194) for support. K.M.M. and E.H.D. thank the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for funding, and C.W.P. acknowledges the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for financial support. W.R.G. thanks the NIH for a postdoctoral fellowship (F32GM108323). B.V.K.J.S. was supported by a fellowship within the Postdoc-Program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). A.T.H. acknowledges support through the Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE-UCSB MRSEC) program. We thank Dr. Thomas E. Mates for help with acquisition of SIMS data. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01894",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "49",
pages = "8162--8166",
journal = "Macromolecules",
issn = "0024-9297",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "21",
}