This review compiles recent theoretical advances to describe compressive and shear forces of polymer-brush bilayers, which consist of two opposing brushes in contact. Such model …
S Peng, B Bhushan - RSC advances, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer brushes with stimuli-responsive properties, also known as smart polymer brushes (SPBs), have attracted substantial research interest in the past few years because they offer …
Y Yu, MB Pérez, C Cao, S de Beer - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlling (bio-) adhesion and friction is essential in many bio-medical and industrial applications. Such control can be achieved using stimulus responsive polymers. Coatings …
Polymer brushes are formed from flexible linear macromolecules tethered at one chain end to a solid substrate, forming a dense polymeric layer of polymer chains which are more or …
G Liu, M Cai, F Zhou, W Liu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014 - ACS Publications
The fabrication of core/shell charged polymer brushes-grafted hollow silica nanoparticles (PSPMA-g-HSNPs) is reported. Because of the excellent hydration capability of the shells …
HE N'guessan, A Leh, P Cox, P Bahadur… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Classical experiments show that the force required to slide liquid drops on surfaces increases with the resting time of the drop, t rest, and reaches a plateau typically after …
G Liu, X Wang, F Zhou, W Liu - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013 - ACS Publications
Thermoresponsive microgels, poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-graft-poly (ethylene glycol)(PNIPAAm-g-PEG), were synthesized via emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization and …
Surfactants play a variety of critical roles in tribology. In addition to controlling friction and wear, they also allow for control of a wide range of properties of lubricants, such as …
Center-of-mass and single monomer motion in grafted chains comprising a strongly stretched polymer brush in thermal equilibrium are studied by large scale molecular …