Table 6 |
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| ATRP of methyl methacrylate from MNs—comparison of grafting density for various anchoring chemistry | |||
| Anchoring chemistry | Grafting density after immobilizing initiator (molecules/nm2) | Grafting density after polymerization of MMA (chain/nm2) | Average initiator efficiency after polymerization |
| Phosphonic acid | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.38 |
| Choro silane | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.06 |
| Triethoxy silane | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.01 |
| Carboxylic acid | 8.6 | 0.1 | 0.01 |
Babu and Dhamodharan Nanoscale Research Letters 2009 4:1090 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-4-1090
