Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Multi-stimuli responsive polymers–the all-in-one talents

P Schattling, FD Jochum, P Theato - Polymer Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers have gained increasing attention, which is attributed to the
manifold applications they can be used for. Several years' intensive research was invested …

Polymer-based protein engineering can rationally tune enzyme activity, pH-dependence, and stability

H Murata, CS Cummings, RR Koepsel… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The attachment of inert polymers, such as polyethylene glycol, to proteins has driven the
emergence of a multibillion dollar biotechnology industry. In all cases, proteins have been …

Cellulose nanocrystal-grafted multi-responsive copolymers containing cleavable o-nitrobenzyl ester units for stimuli-stabilization of oil-in-water droplets

Z Tajmoradi, H Roghani-Mamaqani… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hybrid smart surfactants are highly applicable in stabilization of oil-in-water droplets and
also Pickering polymerizations. Temperature-, photo-, and pH-responsive cellulose …

Swelling of polyelectrolyte and polyzwitterion brushes by humid vapors

CJ Galvin, MD Dimitriou, SK Satija… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Swelling behavior of polyelectrolyte and polyzwitterion brushes derived from poly (2-
(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)(PDMAEMA) in water vapor is investigated using a …

Towards next generation polymer surfaces: Nano-and microlayers of star macromolecules and their design for applications in biology and medicine

B Mendrek, N Oleszko-Torbus, P Teper… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Star polymers with well-defined molecular architectures have been widely studied in the last
few decades. Of particular interest has been processing-structure-property relationships of …

Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization

A Khabibullin, E Mastan, K Matyjaszewski… - … Radical Polymerization at …, 2016 - Springer
This review covers the basic principles of surface-initiated atom transfer radical
polymerization (SI-ATRP). SI-ATRP is a robust and versatile method for preparation of …

Smart functional polymers–a new route towards creating a sustainable environment

VA Ganesh, A Baji, S Ramakrishna - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Smart functional polymers have gained a huge amount of interest in recent times due to their
innumerable applications in areas including sensors, actuators, switchable wettability, bio …

[HTML][HTML] Weak polyelectrolyte brushes

M Geoghegan - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Weak polyelectrolyte brushes - Soft Matter (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D2SM00005A Royal
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Anion-specific effects on the behavior of pH-sensitive polybasic brushes

JD Willott, TJ Murdoch, BA Humphreys, S Edmondson… - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
The anion-specific solvation and conformational behavior of weakly basic poly (2-
dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (poly (DMA)), poly (2-diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate …