This review surveys the recent developments to perform heterogeneous catalysis in
continuous‐flow microreactors. Three different types, namely,(i) packed‐bed,(ii) monolithic …

Bottom‐up surface processing with well‐defined polymeric structures becomes increasingly
important in many current technologies. Polymer brushes, that is, assemblies of …

Polymer brushes have been theoretically described, their behavior under diverse conditions
has been modeled, and their preparation via surface-initiated polymerizations (SIPs) has …

Infrared spectroscopy was applied to investigate the well-known EDC/NHS (N-ethyl-N′-(3-
(dimethylamino) propyl) carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide) activation details of poly …

Surface-initiated, photoinduced atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-photoATRP)
enables the controlled and rapid synthesis of compositionally diverse polymer brushes over …

Functional polymer brushes have been utilized extensively for the immobilization of
biomolecules, which is of crucial importance for the development of biosensors and …

Polymer functionalized surfaces are important components of various sensors, solar cells
and molecular electronic devices. In this context, the use of self-assembled monolayer …

Cu0-mediated surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (Cu0 SI-ATRP) is a
highly versatile, oxygen-tolerant, and extremely controlled polymer-grafting technique that …

Some catalysts are toxic and volatile, this volatility allows permeation of the toxin throughout
its environment, and yet these catalysts are, in many cases, essential for organic synthesis …

Grafting synthetic polymers to inorganic and organic surfaces to yield polymer “brushes” has
represented a revolution in many fields of materials science. Polymer brushes provide …