Polymer brushes here, there, and everywhere: Recent advances in their practical applications and emerging opportunities in multiple research fields

O Azzaroni - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up surface processing with well‐defined polymeric structures becomes increasingly
important in many current technologies. Polymer brushes, that is, assemblies of …

Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles, nanogels and capsules for integrated multifunctional intelligent systems

M Motornov, Y Roiter, I Tokarev, S Minko - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
In this review we provide an analysis of recent literature reports on the synthesis and
applications of stimuli-responsive polymeric and hybrid nanostructured particles in a range …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Brushes: Novel Surfaces for Future Materials

WL Chen, R Cordero, H Tran, CK Ober - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymer brushes have become a significant focus of polymer research with the need for
straightforward and versatile surface modification. With the development of controlled radical …

Smart surfaces with switchable superoleophilicity and superoleophobicity in aqueous media: toward controllable oil/water separation

L Zhang, Z Zhang, P Wang - NPG Asia Materials, 2012 - nature.com
Advanced materials with surfaces that have controllable oil wettability when submerged in
aqueous media have great potential for various underwater applications. Here we have …

Polymer brushes by the “grafting to” method

B Zdyrko, I Luzinov - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper focuses on the attachment of densely grafted polymer layers (polymer brushes)
to various inorganic and polymeric substrates by the “grafting to” method. A brief overview of …

CO2‐Responsive Polymers

S Lin, P Theato - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This Review focuses on the recent progress in the area of CO2‐responsive polymers and
provides detailed descriptions of these existing examples. CO2‐responsive polymers can be …

Stimulus-responsive polymer brushes on surfaces: Transduction mechanisms and applications

T Chen, R Ferris, J Zhang, R Ducker… - Progress in Polymer …, 2010 - Elsevier
Stimulus-responsive polymer brushes (SRPBs) exhibit a change in conformation and
structure, often accompanied by a noticeable change in surface energy, due to an external …

Pdop layer exhibiting zwitterionicity: a simple electrochemical interface for governing ion permeability

B Yu, J Liu, S Liu, F Zhou - Chemical communications, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Polydopamine film which contains amine groups and phenolic hydroxyl groups exhibits fully
reversible, pH-switchable permselectivity for both cationic and anionic redox-active probe …

Mixed polymer brush-grafted particles: a new class of environmentally responsive nanostructured materials

B Zhao, L Zhu - Macromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
Mixed polymer brush-grafted particles, in which two distinct polymers are randomly or
alternately immobilized by one end via a covalent bond on the surface of core particles with …

[HTML][HTML] From self-assembled monolayers to coatings: Advances in the synthesis and nanobio applications of polymer brushes

M Kim, SK Schmitt, JW Choi, JD Krutty, P Gopalan - Polymers, 2015 - mdpi.com
In this review, we describe the latest advances in synthesis, characterization, and
applications of polymer brushes. Synthetic advances towards well-defined polymer brushes …