公开(公告)号：US11193906B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16818727

申请日：2020-03-13

Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota

Inventor： Evan Anderson ,  Philippe Buhlmann ,  Sujay Chopade ,  Marc Hillmyer ,  Tim Lodge

IPC: C08F2/46 ,  C08F2/50 ,  C08G61/04 ,  G01N27/333 ,  C08J3/24 ,  C08J3/28

Abstract: An electrode and a method of making an electrode includes treating polymers that contain functional groups, which by surface functionalization, such as hydrolysis, ozone treatment or carbon-carbon double-bond oxidation to produce hydroxyl functional groups on the surface. Reacting methacryloyl chloride with the resulting hydroxyl functional groups thereby providing a reactive surface. Photopolymerizing or thermal polymerization of crosslinked acrylate or methacrylate polymers on the reactive surface to produce a membrane covalently bonded to the underlying substrate. In addition such an electrode can also be produced on a polystyrene substrate by reacting methacryloyl chloride with the polystyrene substrate and photopolymerizing or thermally polymerizing to produce crosslinked acrylate or methacrylate polymers on the reactive surface to produce a membrane covalently bonded to the underlying polystyrene substrate.