Polymeric membranes are an energy‐efficient means of purifying water, but they suffer from
fouling during filtration. Modification of the membrane surface is one route to mitigating …

There is significant growing interest in atomic layer deposition onto polymers for barrier
coatings, nanoscale templates, surface modification layers and other applications. The …

Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) has been used to synthesize
polymer brushes. Styrene, methyl methacrylate, and N, N-dimethylacrylamide brushes were …

Motivated from the increasing environmental concerns associated with the formation of
cyanotoxins released by cyanobacteria in waters, this study focused on the synthesis and …

Fluoropolymers are known as chemically inert materials with good high temperature
resistance, so they are often the materials of choice for harsh chemical environments. These …

This book documents the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polymer
Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion. This volume and its predecessors containing …

Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) microporous membranes with surface-immobilized poly
(ethylene glycol)(PEG) were prepared by the argon plasma-induced grafting of PEG. The …

Barnacle cement (BC) was beneficially applied on stainless steel (SS) to serve as the
initiator anchor for surface-initiated polymerization. The amine and hydroxyl moieties of …

Inspired by the bio-adhesive proteins secreted by mussels for attachment to almost all wet
substrates, a facile method involving oxidative polymerization of dopamine was proposed to …

Fluoropolymer surfaces with new and specific functionalities, such as metal‐free
conductivity, biocompatability, and bondability to metals, can be obtained through the …