Grafted and Crosslinkable Polyphenyleneethynylene: Synthesis, Properties and Their Application
Institution: | Georgia Tech |
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Department: | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Degree: | PhD |
Year: | 2005 |
Keywords: | Grafted PPEs; Biosensing; Self-assembly; Photocrosslink; Two photo microfabrication; Microfabrication; Conjugated polymers; Crosslinking (Polymerization); Graft copolymers |
Record ID: | 1765074 |
Full text PDF: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14049 |
This thesis presents the first reported grafted PPE - polycaprolactone-g-PPE; the first PPE based sensing model: biotinylated grafted PPE/streptavidin coated sphere; the first photocrosslinkable PPE ¨C allyloxy PPE; and the new mechanism which demonstrates morphology control on a single molecular level