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 …

Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis,
Characterization, Properties, and Applications | Chemical Reviews Recently Viewedclose …

Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

A new cysteine-based methacrylic monomer (CysMA) was conveniently synthesized via
selective thia-Michael addition of a commercially available methacrylate-acrylate precursor …

Collapse of poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) brushes in the mixed solvent system
(water/methanol 50% v/v) is studied by in‐situ atomic‐force microscopy (AFM). PNIPAM …

The pH-induced swelling and collapse of surface-tethered, weak polyelectrolyte brushes is
of interest for the development of actuators or to allow pH controlled transport or adsorption …

Soft nanotechnology involves both understanding the behavior of soft matter and using
these components to build useful nanoscale structures and devices. However, molecular …

With the advent of regulated, surface initiated polymerizations, specifically using controlled
radical approaches, the choice of polymerizable compounds and the control over grafting …

We have investigated a novel method of remotely switching the conformation of a weak
polybase brush using an applied voltage. Surface-grafted polyelectrolyte brushes exhibit …

A polymer brush surface with autonomous function has been designed by using a self-
oscillating polymer that we developed. The self-oscillation is induced by chemomechanical …