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 …

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based thermoresponsive surfaces provide new types of biomedical applications

K Nagase, M Yamato, H Kanazawa, T Okano - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoresponsive surfaces, prepared by grafting of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PIPAAm)
or its copolymers, have been investigated for biomedical applications. Thermoresponsive …

Switching it Up: The Promise of Stimuli‐Responsive Polymer Systems in Biomedical Science

Y Shymborska, A Budkowski… - The Chemical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive polymer systems have the ability to change properties or behavior in response
to external stimuli. The properties of responsive polymer systems can be fine‐tuned by …

Temperature-responsive polymer brush coatings for advanced biomedical applications

S Nastyshyn, Y Stetsyshyn, J Raczkowska, Y Nastishin… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modern biomedical technologies predict the application of materials and devices that not
only can comply effectively with specific requirements, but also enable remote control of their …

Biodegradable thermoresponsive polymers: Applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering

KJ Hogan, AG Mikos - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoresponsive polymers have been investigated for a variety of clinical applications
which make use of in situ gelation at physiological temperatures. However, for biomedical …

Thermoresponsive interfaces obtained using poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based copolymer for bioseparation and tissue engineering applications

K Nagase - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAAm) is the most well-known and widely used
stimuli-responsive polymer in the biomedical field owing to its ability to undergo temperature …

Dynamically tunable cell culture platforms for tissue engineering and mechanobiology

K Uto, JH Tsui, CA DeForest, DH Kim - Progress in polymer science, 2017 - Elsevier
Human tissues are sophisticated ensembles of many distinct cell types embedded in the
complex, but well-defined, structures of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Dynamic …

Engineering bioactive synthetic polymers for biomedical applications: A review with emphasis on tissue engineering and controlled release

EJ Bolívar-Monsalve, MM Alvarez, S Hosseini… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic polymers (SyPs) have found many relevant applications niches in biomedical
engineering. Their mechanical properties, defined chemical structure, batch to batch …

Temperature-responsive and multi-responsive grafted polymer brushes with transitions based on critical solution temperature: Synthesis, properties, and applications

Y Stetsyshyn, J Raczkowska, K Harhay, K Gajos… - Colloid and Polymer …, 2021 - Springer
Temperature responsivity of polymer brushes may be driven by different mechanisms, from
which the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) is the most famous one. The using of …

Recent Advances in Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels and Derivatives as Promising Materials for Biomedical and Engineering Emerging Applications

S Lanzalaco, J Mingot, J Torras… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature‐sensitive (thermosensitive) hydrogels, which are part of the family of stimulus‐
sensitive hydrogels, consist of water‐filled polymer networks that display a temperature …