Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials and their applications

D Ahmad, I Van Den Boogaert, J Miller… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Wettability of a material's surface plays a significant role in how fluids interact with such
surfaces. Wetting behavior is universal but can vary depending on the chemical nature of the …

Effect of surface energy and roughness on cell adhesion and growth–facile surface modification for enhanced cell culture

B Majhy, P Priyadarshini, AK Sen - RSC advances, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In vitro, cellular processing on polymeric surfaces is fundamental to the development of
biosensors, scaffolds for tissue engineering and transplantation. However, the effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Functional polymer surfaces for controlling cell behaviors

L Chen, C Yan, Z Zheng - Materials Today, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Thorough understanding of how to control cell behaviors including cell adhesion,
orientation, migration and differentiation on an artificial surface is critical in materials and life …

Zwitteration: coating surfaces with zwitterionic functionality to reduce nonspecific adsorption

JB Schlenoff - Langmuir, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Coating surfaces with thin or thick films of zwitterionic material is an effective way to reduce
or eliminate nonspecific adsorption to the solid/liquid interface. This review tracks the …

[HTML][HTML] Copper-mediated living radical polymerization (atom transfer radical polymerization and copper (0) mediated polymerization): from fundamentals to …

C Boyer, NA Corrigan, K Jung, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Surface-initiated polymer brushes in the biomedical field: applications in membrane science, biosensing, cell culture, regenerative medicine and antibacterial coatings

M Krishnamoorthy, S Hakobyan, M Ramstedt… - Chemical …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

Hydrophilic and superhydrophilic surfaces and materials

J Drelich, E Chibowski, DD Meng, K Terpilowski - Soft Matter, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The term superhydrophilicity is only 11–12 years old and was introduced just after the
explosion of research on superhydrophobic surfaces, in response to the demand for …

Revolutionary advances in 2‐methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine polymers as biomaterials

K Ishihara - Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the last 40 years, many strategies to fabricate biocompatible and antithrombogenic
polymers have been proposed, especially in Japan. The development of one such polymers …

Polymer brushes via surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications

R Barbey, L Lavanant, D Paripovic, N Schuwer… - Chemical …, 2009‏ - ACS Publications
Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis,
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