Driving polymer brushes from synthesis to functioning
The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) 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
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 …
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …
[HTML][HTML] Functional polymer surfaces for controlling cell behaviors
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Epidermal homeostasis depends on a balance between stem cell renewal and
differentiation and is regulated by extrinsic signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM),. A …
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 …
preparing thermoresponsive materials as diverse as polymer‐enzyme bio‐hybrids …
Surface chemistry to minimize fouling from blood-based fluids
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 …
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
The chemistry, geometry, topography and mechanical properties of biomaterials modulate
biochemical signals (in particular ligand-receptor binding events) that control cells-matrix …
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
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 …
interest as means to tailor the chemical and physical properties of functional substrates in a …