This article reviews recent literature on polymer brushes with an emphasis on linear polymer
brushes attached to solid substrate surfaces. The following topics are included:(i) theoretical …

Breadth in the molecular weight distribution is an inherent feature of synthetic polymer
systems. While in the past this was typically considered as an unavoidable consequence of …

Polymer brushes have become a significant focus of polymer research with the need for
straightforward and versatile surface modification. With the development of controlled radical …

Surface modifications by polymers are becoming increasingly important for various
applications ranging from biotechnology to advanced microelectronics. Recent successful …

High-quality nanocrystals formed in organic solvents can be completely solubilized in water
using amphiphilic copolymers containing poly (ethylene glycol) or PEG. These copolymers …

Poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) brushes with the same chain length but different graft
densities were prepared on a silicon substrate by the surface-initiated atom transfer radical …

Deviations between macrorheological and particle-based microrheological measurements
are often considered to be a nuisance and neglected. We study aqueous poly (ethylene …

166 1. SZLEIFER AND MA CARIGNANO molecules in bulk. The presence of a wall limits the
configurational space of the chains and the two-dimensional anchoring makes the …

Well‐defined polymer strands covalently tethered onto solid substrates determine the
properties of the resulting functional interface. Herein, the current approaches to determine …

Structural characterization of interfaces composed of soft materials (soft interfaces) helps in
understanding their physical behavior. Neutron reflectometry is one of the most powerful …