Photo-polymerization is a polymerization method widely exploited in many technological fields, due to its high versatility and fast reaction rates. In this study, poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA) nanostructures are grown onto cellulose following a simple and promising light-driven reaction mechanism involving benzophenone (as photo-initiator) and UV-curing. The effectiveness of the surface functionalization has been determined by means of morphological and physicochemical characterizations, showing the formation of very sharp PEGMA nanometric architectures.

Facile photo-induced growth of polymeric nanostructures onto cellulose: The poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA)@cellulose case study / Lavagna, Luca; Nisticò, Roberto; Chiappone, Annalisa; Pavese, Matteo.. - In: MATERIALS LETTERS. - ISSN 0167-577X. - STAMPA. - 227:(2018), pp. 202-204. [10.1016/j.matlet.2018.05.074]

Facile photo-induced growth of polymeric nanostructures onto cellulose: The poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA)@cellulose case study

Lavagna, Luca;Nisticò, Roberto;Chiappone, Annalisa;Pavese, Matteo.
2018

Abstract

Photo-polymerization is a polymerization method widely exploited in many technological fields, due to its high versatility and fast reaction rates. In this study, poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA) nanostructures are grown onto cellulose following a simple and promising light-driven reaction mechanism involving benzophenone (as photo-initiator) and UV-curing. The effectiveness of the surface functionalization has been determined by means of morphological and physicochemical characterizations, showing the formation of very sharp PEGMA nanometric architectures.
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