Tokarev V. Interfacial reactions of functional oligomers, as a method for creation of nanolayers and composite materials

The dissertation is devoted to development of a theory of new precise methods for the controlled synthesis of polymer nanolayers grafted to diverse surfaces via interfacial reactions of functional oligomers. The essence of the methods is to perform two-stage processes. In the first stage an immobilization of reactive oligomers at disperse or planar surfaces is achieved due to their physical or chemical adsorption. In the next stage, the grafting of polymer chains with desired structure to the immobilized oligomers is realized exploiting reactions of functionality of said oligomers that results if formation of "polymer brushes". It is demonstrated that both approaches namely "grafting from" and "grafting to" can be applied for the synthesis of "polymer brushes" at the surface functionalized by reactive oligomers. The notable potentialities of the developed methods have been illustrated at solving a wide range of applied problems and among them: (i) creation of highly filled, polymerizationally filled, electroconductive, thermoconductive, and impact-resistant composites; (ii) synthesis of core-shell latices, hollow polymer nanospheres and microspheres; (iii) obtaining of smart coatings, and so on.