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 …

[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 …

High-affinity detection and capture of heavy metal contaminants using block polymer composite membranes

Y Zhang, JR Vallin, JK Sahoo, F Gao… - ACS Central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Adsorptive membranes offer one possible solution to the challenge of removing and
recovering heavy metal ion contaminants and resources from water supplies. However …

Weak polyelectrolyte brushes

M Geoghegan - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Weak polyelectrolyte brushes - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D2SM00005A Royal
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Block polymer membranes functionalized with nanoconfined polyelectrolyte brushes achieve sub-nanometer selectivity

Y Zhang, RA Mulvenna, S Qu, BW Boudouris… - ACS Macro …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The well-defined nanostructure of membranes manufactured from self-assembled block
polymers enables highly selective separations; however, recent efforts to push the pore size …

Enzyme immobilization in polyelectrolyte brushes: High loading and enhanced activity compared to monolayers

G Ferrand-Drake del Castillo, M Koenig, M Müller… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Catalysis by enzymes on surfaces has many applications. However, strategies for efficient
enzyme immobilization with preserved activity are still in need of further development. In this …

Hydration state variation of polyzwitterion brushes through interplay with ions

Y Higaki, M Kobayashi, A Takahara - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polyzwitterions have emerged as a new class of antifouling materials alternating poly
(ethylene glycol). The exemplary biopassivation and lubrication behaviors are often …

Large changes in protonation of weak polyelectrolyte brushes with salt concentration—Implications for protein immobilization

G Ferrand-Drake del Castillo, RLN Hailes… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report for the first time that the protonation behavior of weak polyelectrolyte brushes
depends very strongly on ionic strength. The p K a changes by one pH step per order of …

Hysteretic memory in pH-response of water contact angle on poly (acrylic acid) brushes

V Yadav, AV Harkin, ML Robertson, JC Conrad - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigated the pH-dependent response of flat polyacid brushes of varying length and
dispersity in the extended brush regime. Our model system consisted of poly (acrylic acid) …