Driving polymer brushes from synthesis to functioning

R Wang, Q Wei, W Sheng, B Yu, F Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) to …

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] 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 …

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 …

Cell-extracellular matrix interactions in normal and diseased skin

FM Watt, H Fujiwara - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2011 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Mammalian skin comprises a multi-layered epithelium, the epidermis, and an underlying
connective tissue, the dermis. The epidermal extracellular matrix is a basement membrane …

Actin and serum response factor transduce physical cues from the microenvironment to regulate epidermal stem cell fate decisions

JT Connelly, JE Gautrot, B Trappmann, DWM Tan… - Nature cell …, 2010 - nature.com
Epidermal homeostasis depends on a balance between stem cell renewal and
differentiation and is regulated by extrinsic signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM),. A …

Thermo‐switchable materials prepared using the OEGMA‐platform

JF Lutz - 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We describe here the advantages of oligo (ethylene glycol)‐based (co) polymers for
preparing thermoresponsive materials as diverse as polymer‐enzyme bio‐hybrids …

Surface chemistry to minimize fouling from blood-based fluids

C Blaszykowski, S Sheikh, M Thompson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Upon contact with bodily fluids/tissues, exogenous materials spontaneously develop a layer
of proteins on their surface. In the case of biomedical implants and equipment, biological …

Cell sensing of physical properties at the nanoscale: Mechanisms and control of cell adhesion and phenotype

S Di Cio, JE Gautrot - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
The chemistry, geometry, topography and mechanical properties of biomaterials modulate
biochemical signals (in particular ligand-receptor binding events) that control cells-matrix …

Surface-initiated controlled polymerization as a convenient method for designing functional polymer brushes: From self-assembled monolayers to patterned surfaces

A Olivier, F Meyer, JM Raquez, P Damman… - Progress in polymer …, 2012 - Elsevier
Surface-functionalization mediated through “grafting from” methods is of considerable
interest as means to tailor the chemical and physical properties of functional substrates in a …