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 …

Polymer brushes on flat and curved surfaces: How computer simulations can help to test theories and to interpret experiments

K Binder, A Milchev - Journal of Polymer Science Part B …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Theoretical descriptions of static properties of polymer brushes are reviewed, with an
emphasis on monodisperse macromolecules grafted to planar, cylindrical, or spherical …

Polyelectrolyte brushes: theory, modelling, synthesis and applications

S Das, M Banik, G Chen, S Sinha, R Mukherjee - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyelectrolyte (PE) brushes are a special class of polymer brushes (PBs) containing
charges. Polymer chains attain “brush”-like configuration when they are grafted or get …

Modular fabrication of intelligent material-tissue interfaces for bioinspired and biomimetic devices

JR Clegg, AM Wagner, SR Shin, S Hassan… - Progress in materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the goals of biomaterials science is to reverse engineer aspects of human and non-
human physiology. Similar to the body's regulatory mechanisms, such devices must …

DNA-modified polymer pores allow pH-and voltage-gated control of channel flux

SF Buchsbaum, G Nguyen, S Howorka… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Biological channels embedded in cell membranes regulate ionic transport by responding to
external stimuli such as pH, voltage, and molecular binding. Mimicking the gating properties …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer brushes for antibiofouling and lubrication

W Yang, F Zhou - Biosurface and Biotribology, 2017 - Elsevier
Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) could provide many merits
for the preparation of polymer brush, such as the well-defined chemical configurations …

Advances in design of polymer brush functionalized inorganic nanomaterials and their applications in biomedical arena

S Dutta, N Shreyash, BK Satapathy… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Grafting of polymer brush (assembly of polymer chains tethered to the substrate by one end)
is emerging as one of the most viable approach to alter the surface of inorganic …

Switching transport through nanopores with pH-responsive polymer brushes for controlled ion permeability

GW de Groot, MG Santonicola, K Sugihara… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Several nanoporous platforms were functionalized with pH-responsive poly (methacrylic
acid)(PMAA) brushes using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) …

Polymer‐brush‐grafted mesoporous silica nanoparticles for triggered drug delivery

L Zhang, HP Bei, Y Piao, Y Wang, M Yang… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have been demonstrated to be one of the most
promising drug‐delivery systems (DDSs) to transport a variety of drugs/biomolecules …

Hydrodynamic effects on the collapse kinetics of flexible polyelectrolytes

J Yuan, H Tanaka - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Understanding the collapse kinetics of polyelectrolytes (PEs) is crucial for comprehending
various biological and industrial phenomena. Despite occurring in an aqueous environment …