Since the isolation of graphene in 2004, there has been an exponentially growing number of
reports on layered two-dimensional (2D) materials for applications ranging from protective …

Fouling initiated by nonspecific protein adsorption is a great challenge in biomedical
applications, including biosensors, bioanalytical devices, and implants. Poly …

Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis,
Characterization, Properties, and Applications | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN …

Materials with the desirable surface wettability are of key importance in diverse applications.
However, most of the existing chemical processes used for surface wettability control are …

Biocompatibility is one of the most important characteristics of a biomedical polymer material
whose surface is required to interact with a biological system. Such interactions between …

Rapid prototyping of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is frequently used to build microfluidic
devices. PDMS is inherently hydrophobic; however, the surface can be temporarily rendered …

Fast advancements of microfabrication processes in past two decades have reached to a
fairly matured stage that we can manufacture a wide range of microfluidic devices. At …

Generally, medical implants, regardless of their construction materials, will become coated
in a layer of nonspecific proteins mere seconds after implantation. This adsorbed layer …

Upon contact with bodily fluids/tissues, exogenous materials spontaneously develop a layer
of proteins on their surface. In the case of biomedical implants and equipment, biological …

In the last decade microfabrication processes including rapid prototyping techniques have
advanced rapidly and achieved a fairly mature stage. These advances have encouraged …