Enabling future nanomanufacturing through block copolymer self-assembly: A review

C Cummins, R Lundy, JJ Walsh, V Ponsinet, G Fleury… - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

The evolution of polystyrene as a cell culture material

MJ Lerman, J Lembong, S Muramoto… - … Engineering Part B …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Polystyrene (PS) has brought in vitro cell culture from its humble beginnings to the modern
era, propelling dozens of research fields along the way. This review discusses the …

Co-deposition of hole-selective contact and absorber for improving the processability of perovskite solar cells

X Zheng, Z Li, Y Zhang, M Chen, T Liu, C Xiao, D Gao… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Simplifying the manufacturing processes of renewable energy technologies is crucial to
lowering the barriers to commercialization. In this context, to improve the manufacturability of …

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 …

Advances in design and biomedical application of hierarchical polymer brushes

R Yang, X Wang, S Yan, A Dong, S Luan… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent decades have witnessed abundant research on surface modifications to hierarchical
polymer brushes for multiple biomedical applications. The rational design and spatial …

Coating matters: Review on colloidal stability of nanoparticles with biocompatible coatings in biological media, living cells and organisms

J Schubert, M Chanana - Current medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Within the last two decades, the field of nanomedicine has not developed as successfully as
has widely been hoped for. The main reason for this is the immense complexity of the …

Grafting density and antifouling properties of poly [N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide] brushes prepared by “grafting to” and “grafting from”

YM Wang, A Kálosi, Y Halahovets, I Romanenko… - Polymer …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antifouling polymer brushes are widely utilized in biomedical applications to prevent non-
specific interactions with biological fluids. They consist of surface-tethered polymer chains …

Unravelling Surface Modification Strategies for Preventing Medical Device‐Induced Thrombosis

CH Luu, NT Nguyen, HT Ta - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of biomaterials in implanted medical devices remains hampered by platelet
adhesion and blood coagulation. Thrombus formation is a prevalent cause of failure of these …

Nanopatterned monolayers of bioinspired, sequence-defined polypeptoid brushes for semiconductor/bio interfaces

B Yu, BS Chang, WS Loo, S Dhuey, P O'Reilly… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability to control and manipulate semiconductor/bio interfaces is essential to enable
biological nanofabrication pathways and bioelectronic devices. Traditional surface …

Mixed polymer brushes for “smart” surfaces

M Li, CW Pester - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mixed polymer brushes (MPBs) are composed of two or more disparate polymers covalently
tethered to a substrate. The resulting phase segregated morphologies have been …