Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …

Bottom‐up surface processing with well‐defined polymeric structures becomes increasingly
important in many current technologies. Polymer brushes, that is, assemblies of …

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

The review focuses on responsive/switching behavior of polymer brushes. The structure of
the polymer brushes is analyzed in terms of the constitution and conformation of polymer …

Theoretical descriptions of static properties of polymer brushes are reviewed, with an
emphasis on monodisperse macromolecules grafted to planar, cylindrical, or spherical …

A low-cost green and reproducible microbes (Lactobacillus sp. and Sachharomyces
cerevisiae) mediated biosynthesis of CdS nanoparticles is reported. The synthesis is …

We present a condensed overview of the recent developments of novel responsive thin
polymer films from end-tethered chains (polymer brushes), which are different from …

Polymer brush surfaces that alter their physical properties in response to chemical stimuli
have the capacity to be used as new surface‐based sensing materials. For such surfaces …

The dynamic cytoskeletal components, biomolecular motors and their associated filaments,
can be integrated in vitro with synthetic components to enable nanoscale transport systems …

Polymer brushes, consisting of densely end-tethered polymers to a surface, can exhibit rapid
and sharp conformational transitions due to specific stimuli, which offer intriguing …