Reduced PTFE can be grafted by nitro and bromo-phenyl diazonium tetrafluoroborate salts in a manner similar to that used for carbon, except that no application of a reductive potential during grafting was required. Grafting was evidenced by cyclic voltammetry, X-ray fluorescence or ToF-SIMS. Nitro- and bromo-phenyl moieties were covalently linked to the PTFE material and could be eliminated only by abrasion. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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