Adaptive and responsive surfaces through controlled reorganization of interfacial polymer layers

I Luzinov, S Minko, VV Tsukruk - Progress in Polymer Science, 2004 - Elsevier
The present manuscript offers an overview of the current state of affairs within the research
field of adaptive and environmentally sensitive polymer surfaces designed to respond to …

Probing soft matter with the atomic force microscopies: imaging and force spectroscopy

ME McConney, S Singamaneni, VV Tsukruk - Polymer Reviews, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The development of atomic force microscopy has evolved into a wide variety of microscopy
and characterization techniques well beyond conventional imaging. The focus of this review …

Epoxy-terminated self-assembled monolayers: molecular glues for polymer layers

I Luzinov, D Julthongpiput, A Liebmann-Vinson… - Langmuir, 2000 - ACS Publications
Dense, homogeneous, and complete self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with epoxy
surface groups were fabricated from epoxysilanes to serve as a template for chemical …

Friction force microscopy of self-assembled monolayers: influence of adsorbate alkyl chain length, terminal group chemistry, and scan velocity

NJ Brewer, BD Beake, GJ Leggett - langmuir, 2001 - ACS Publications
Friction force measurements have been made using friction force microscopy for a series of
self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols of varying chain lengths and terminal …

Molecular lubricants and glues for micro‐and nanodevices

VV Tsukruk - Advanced materials, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Research advances in molecular coatings from functional polymeric and organic molecules
designed as molecular lubricants or molecular glues for micro‐and nanodevices are …

Integration of optical surface structures with chiral nanocellulose for enhanced chiroptical properties

R Xiong, S Yu, S Kang, KM Adstedt, D Nepal… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of chiral organization with photonic structures found in many living creatures
enables unique chiral photonic structures with a combination of selective light reflection …

Sticky molecular surfaces: epoxysilane self-assembled monolayers

VV Tsukruk, I Luzinov, D Julthongpiput - Langmuir, 1999 - ACS Publications
Dense, homogeneous, and complete self-assembled monolayers with epoxy surface groups
were fabricated from epoxysilanes to serve as a template for chemical anchoring of ultrathin …

Y-shaped amphiphilic brushes with switchable micellar surface structures

D Julthongpiput, YH Lin, J Teng… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
We observed novel nanoscale surface structures of segregated pinned micelles and
craterlike micelles formed by grafted Y-shaped molecules and their reversible …

Nanoscale chemical imaging of supported lipid monolayers using tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Y Pandey, N Kumar, G Goubert… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Visualizing the molecular organization of lipid membranes is essential to comprehend their
biological functions. However, current analytical techniques fail to provide a non‐destructive …

Nanomechanical probing of layered nanoscale polymer films with atomic force microscopy

A Kovalev, H Shulha, M Lemieux, N Myshkin… - Journal of materials …, 2004 - cambridge.org
The approach developed for the microindentation of layered elastic solids was adapted to
analyze atomic force microscopy probing of ultrathin (1–100 nm-thick) polymer films on a …