Surface properties are critical in many nanosystems, and the control of surface properties such as wetting, adhesion, and friction are of primary concern. Either in-situ or ex-situ syntheses can be performed where appropriate. Produce multilayers or gels using similar techniques. 
       
Capabilities include:

• Monolayer design and formation on planar, particulate, chip-based, or other samples of inorganic oxides, non-oxidized metals, semiconductors, polymers, etc.
• Synthesis of functional coupling agents.
• In-situ modification of monolayer functionalities where desired functionalities lack compatibility.
• In-situ growth of polymer monolayers and mixed polymer monolayers using free radical, ionic or coordination polymerization reactions.
• A suite of characterization methods to determine or verify monolayer functionality, structure, wetting properties, etc.

Contact: Dale Huber

Research Highlight:
Controlled polymer monolayer synthesis by radical transfer to surface immobilized transfer agents.
Price, A.D.;Huber, D.L. Polymer Chemistry 2013. 4(5): p. 1565-1574 doi:org/10.1039/C2PY20955A.