Surface‐initiated single‐electron transfer reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of 2‐hydroxyethyl acrylamide on silicon substrate at ambient temperature

2‐Hydroxyethyl acrylamide was successfully polymerized via single‐electron transfer initiation on the silicon surface and propagation through the reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (SET‐RAFT) polymerization at ambient temperature for different polymerization times. This work is the first time application of the surface‐initiated SET‐RAFT mechanism to afford the preparation of well‐defined poly(2‐hydroxyethyl acrylamide)...