Driving polymer brushes from synthesis to functioning

R Wang, Q Wei, W Sheng, B Yu, F Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) to …

Mussel-inspired chemistry: A promising strategy for natural polysaccharides in biomedical applications

F Liu, X Liu, F Chen, Q Fu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a kind of natural biopolymers and have been widely applied in various
fields, especially biomedical applications, due to their fascinating properties, such as …

Current status and outlook for ATRP

K Matyjaszewski - European Polymer Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is one of the most often used controlled radical
polymerization techniques. It employs very small amounts (ppm) of Cu complexes in the …

Heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts in polymer nanoparticles: From easier recovery and reuse to more efficient catalysis

T Chen, Y Peng, M Qiu, C Yi, Z Xu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Commercially available polymer resins such as Merrifield resin have been extensively used
as supports in the heterogenization of homogenous catalysts, allowing easier recovery and …

Synthesis and applications of ZnO/polymer nanohybrids

Z Wang, MR Bockstaller, K Matyjaszewski - ACS Materials Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Because of its distinctive combination of physical properties such as high thermal
conductivity, ultraviolet (UV) absorbance, or catalytic behavior, zinc oxide-based …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature-responsive polymer brush coatings for advanced biomedical applications

S Nastyshyn, Y Stetsyshyn, J Raczkowska, Y Nastishin… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modern biomedical technologies predict the application of materials and devices that not
only can comply effectively with specific requirements, but also enable remote control of their …

Recent advances in antifouling surface polymer brushes

X Xu, Y Chang, Y Gong, Y Zhang, Y Yu… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biofouling caused by nonspecific adsorption of biomolecules and organisms such as
proteins, cells, and bacteria to material surfaces is a significant challenge for numerous …

Recent advances in block copolymer Self‐Assembly for the fabrication of photonic films and pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, TH Zhao… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

Bottlebrush Block Copolymers at the Interface of Immiscible Liquids: Adsorption and Lateral Packing

HG Seong, Z **, Z Chen, M Hu, T Emrick… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs), having a hydrophilic bottlebrush
polymer (BP) linked covalently to a hydrophobic BP, were found to segregate to liquid–liquid …

Complex polymer architectures using ring-opening metathesis polymerization: synthesis, applications, and practical considerations

SE Blosch, SJ Scannelli, M Alaboalirat… - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature shows us that complex molecular architectures lead to unique material properties,
and these observations have driven polymer scientists to synthesize complex architectures …