The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) to …

Since the first introduction of their concept in the 1980s and 90s, polymer brushes have
been the focus of intense research efforts to identify novel physico-chemical properties and …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are attractive biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and
treatment, while it is still a challenge to precise analysis of MMP activities owing to their very …

Ultrathin surface-tethered polymer brushes represent attractive platforms for a wide range of
sensing applications in strategically vital areas such as medicine, forensics, or security. The …

A comprehensive understanding how storage conditions affect functional surface properties
of antifouling organic coatings remains a persistent challenge across industry and research …

The analysis of low-abundance protein molecules in human serum is reported based on
counting of the individual affinity-captured analyte on a solid sensor surface, yielding a …

Surface fouling would severely reduce the performance of membrane and increase
operating costs. Recently, surface coating based on branched polymer has been developed …

Surface‐grafted polymer brushes (PBs) are a versatile class of thin coatings that exhibit
unique properties due to their densely grafted polymer chains. PBs are typically formed …

Zwitterionic poly (carboxybetaine) brushes have emerged as promising surface functional
coatings for antifouling labelfree biosensing in complex biological fluids. This study …

Ultra-thin, densely packed polymer brushes (PBs) with ultra-low fouling properties play a
crucial role in recent developments of surface modification strategies for biomedical and …