Ambient-temperature atom transfer radical polymerization of ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate from a surface yields homogeneous, cross-linked polymer films. The absence of polymerization in solution in this "living" procedure avoids physisorption and gives uniform, cross-linked films with controlled thicknesses from 3 to 300 nm.
Keywords: atom transfer radical polymerization; radicals; surface chemistry; thin films.
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