A new precursor for conducting polymer-based brush interfaces with electroactivity in aqueous solution

Enzymatic polymerization of polythiophene by immobilized glucose oxidase

“…Investigation related to the preparation of PTP compounds and the characterization of their electrochemical properties has intensified only during the last few decades [11,12]. PTP can be synthesized by means of photoinduced [13], chemical [14] or electrochemical [15] synthesis. In electrochemical polymerization, a potential is applied across a certain electrolyte solution containing thiophene, producing a conductive PTP film on the anode.…”

Tuning the optoelectronic properties of P3EHT block copolymers by surface modification

“…Small anions such as perchlorate will readily diffuse out when the film is reduced, however larger anions will become entangled in the CP film and will remain in the product. Tosylate, being of intermediate size, is likely to be incorporated in the CP films formed to a moderate extent [15]. Both dopants formed poly(terthiophene) films with good adhesion to the substrate and similar cyclic voltammograms, with oxidation at 1.05-1.1 V and reduction around 0.6 V being the dominant processes (Figure 2(c)).…”

“…The utility of electrochemically-active CPs has led to their incorporation in other copolymer architectures. Surface-bound graft copolymers incorporating CP backbones have been studied as electrochemically-active polymer brush surfaces with promise for stimuli-responsive surface applications [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Such electrochemically-active polymer brushes are of particular interest owing to their versatility and suitability for a diverse range of applications including micro/nanofluidic devices, biomaterials, cell culture, and tissue engineering.…”

“…Such electrochemically-active polymer brushes are of particular interest owing to their versatility and suitability for a diverse range of applications including micro/nanofluidic devices, biomaterials, cell culture, and tissue engineering. Polymer brushes can be grafted from appropriately functionalised conducting polymers using controlled radical polymerisation techniques such as ATRP [15][16][17][18][19] or RAFT [20][21][22]. Alternatively, CP-containing BCPs could be utilised to make similar electrochemically-active polymer brush surfaces.…”

Porous Carbons – Hyperbranched Polymers – Polymer Solvation

“…Electropolymerized pyrrole served for actuating purposes [561][562][563] and films of electropolymerized monomers could be modified with polymer grafts (Fig. 49) [564,565].…”