Patent ID: 9079999
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: C08F,C09D,C25D

Abstract:
1. A method for making polymer coatings comprising the steps of: anionic electrochemically polymerizing on a surface of a substrate at least one anionic electrochemically polymerizable, reactive compound of the general formula (I): where: activating the G groups in the electrochemically polymerized layer to form an activated layer, and simultaneously crosslinking the activated layer through the activated G groups and polymerizing polymer brushes extending out from the activated layer through the G groups, where brushes comprise oligomers or polymers of a polymerizable monomer or macromonomer to form a coating comprising a conductive layer comprising the electropolymerized ECAG groups and a non-conductive layer comprising the polymer brushes and has a thickness of less than 100 nm on the surface of the substrate, where the electropolymerizing occurs in the presence of a cross-linking agent comprising 2-(thiophen-3-yl)ethyl-4-cyano-4-(phenylcarbonothioylthio)pentanoate-2-(2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)thiophen-3-yl)ethanol.