Recent progress in surface-initiated polymerization enables the deliberate polymer
modification of nanoscopic surfaces with high levels of precision. This has given rise to the …

Organic/inorganic composite materials have been extensively studied for a long time. When
inorganic phases in organic/inorganic composites become nanosized, they are called …

This review focuses on the synthesis, protection, functionalization, characterization and with
some applications of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The review begins with an overview …

Herein, we report a controlled radical photocatalyzed polymerization to grow protective
polymer brushes from the CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) surface via a grafting …

Quantum dots (QDs) are nanocrystals made of semiconductors, which exhibit intriguing
electronic transitions that resemble single atom behavior. Due to their unique, size-tunable …

Recent decades have witnessed abundant research on surface modifications to hierarchical
polymer brushes for multiple biomedical applications. The rational design and spatial …

Reversible addition− fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) was used to
prepare polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles. Novel RAFT-silane agents were …

Well-defined polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles were prepared by reversible
addition− fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT). A versatile RAFT agent, 4 …

Surface initiated polymerizations yield covalently bonded polymer on the substrate. The
properties of such nanoparticles are unique finding a wide range of applications. This article …

In recent years, core/shell nanohybrids containing a nanoparticle core and a distinct
surrounding shell of polymer brushes have received extensive attention in nanoelectronics …