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SUMMARY:Lubricating with polymer brushes - Prof. Dr. Nicholas D. Spencer\,
  ETH Zürich
DTSTART:20110317T113000Z
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CONTACT:Helen Mawdsley
DESCRIPTION:Man generally lubricates with oil.  Nature lubricates with wat
 er and polymers (proteins\, polysaccharides).  By immobilizing polymers on
  surfaces in various ways\, it is possible to imitate nature and lubricate
  in an aqueous medium.  Furthermore\, by anchoring oil-soluble polymers to
  surfaces\, lubricity in an oil medium can be enhanced. Various ways of do
 ing this have been explored in our laboratory over the last decade\, invol
 ving both the attachment of polymers to surfaces as well as the growth of 
 polymers from surfaces via various controlled-radical-polymerization appro
 aches.
LOCATION:Open Plan Area\, BP Institute\, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ
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