In this brief review we address a range of interesting applications and prospects of
responsive hydrogel thin films for the fabrication of “smart” responsive surfaces, membranes …

Branched polyelectrolytes with cylindrical brush, dendritic, hyperbranched, grafted, and star
architectures bearing ionizable functional groups possess complex and unique assembly …

In the application areas of polymer hydrogels, precise information on their molecular
constitution as well as their elastic properties is required. Several interesting molecular …

pH-responsive gels of hydrophobically modified (HM) weak polyacid were prepared from
acrylic acid and n-alkyl acrylates (n= 8, 12, 18). The HM gels obtained bear up to 20 mol% of …

This paper describes a wireless, remote query glucose biosensor using a ribbonlike, mass-
sensitive magnetoelastic sensor as the transducer. The glucose biosensor is fabricated by …

The phenomenon of the collapse of DNA macromolecules in an aqueous solution of
polyethylene glycol PEG has been discovered by Lerman. 1 It was shown that DNA coils …

This work examines the fabrication regime and the properties of microgel and
microgel/enzyme thin films adsorbed onto conductive substrates (graphite or gold). The films …

The first book to tackle the application of smart polymers in bioseparation and
bioprocessing, Smart Polymers: Applications in Biotechnology and Biomedicine broke new …

An investigation of the volume transition in colloidal core− shell particles composed of a
temperature-independent polystyrene core and a shell of thermosensitive cross-linked …

This review discusses the (soft matter) physics of food. Although food is generally not
considered as a typical model system for fundamental (soft matter) physics, a number of …