Polymers grafted onto a metal oxide surface, method of grafting polymers onto a metal oxide surface, graft polymer suitable for the method

Graft polymer suitable for grafting onto a metal oxide surface,

• wherein the polymer comprises an addition polymer having a first and a second end, and a first moiety comprising a terminal phosphonate group, which first moiety is bonded to the first end, and wherein the terminal phosphonate group is capable of accomplishing an attachment of the graft polymer onto the metal oxide surface,
• wherein the polymer has a second moiety comprising a terminal aliphatic group, which second moiety is bonded to the second end via a thiocarbonylthio (—SC(═S)—) group,
• wherein the terminal aliphatic group is a linear alkyl group chosen from n-butyl up to n-dodecyl,
• wherein the addition polymer is a polystyrene, polyisoprene, polyacrylonitrile, polymethacrylate, ABS, SAN, or a combination thereof.