Summary: In this work, a novel approach for the covalent coupling of ionene polyelectrolytes to chloropropyl silica surfaces is described. The immobilized ionenes catalyze the alkaline hydrolysis of N-dodecyl-4-cyanopyridinium (DCP) bromide, suggesting that, like the [3,22]-ionene in solution, these immobilized ionenes are also capable of forming micelle-mimetic microdomains.
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