Nonspecific protein adsorption and/or microbial adsorption on biomedical materials
adversely affects the efficacy of a range of biomedical systems, from implants and …

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 …

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 …

Surfaces that resist nonspecific protein adsorption in a complex biological milieu are
required for a variety of applications. However, few strategies can achieve a robust …

In order to colonize abiotic surfaces, bacteria and fungi undergo a profound change in their
biology to form biofilms: communities of microbes embedded into a matrix of secreted …

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses have shown that foodborne bacterial pathogens
present a significant threat to public health, resulting in an increased need for technologies …

Antifouling polymers have wide applications in biomedical engineering and marine industry.
Recently, zwitterionic materials have been reported as promising candidates for antifouling …

The prevention of surface fouling is becoming increasingly important for the development of
anti‐infective medical implants, biosensors with improved signal‐to‐noise ratios, and low …

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 …

Evanescent-wave optical biosensors have become an attractive alternative for the screening
of nucleic acids in the clinical context. They possess highly sensitive transducers able to …