In this review, we discuss the concept of bioinspired lubrication using novel polymeric
structures, which has led to producing a myriad of new systems with effective and …

Background Lubricin is chondrocyte-secreted glycoprotein that primarily conducts boundary
lubrication between joint surfaces. Besides its cytoprotective function and extracellular …

Surface modification is of great significance in improving the interfacial properties of
bioimplants, especially friction and wear of artificial joint materials (eg polyetheretherketone …

Surface-tethered polymers have been shown to be an efficient lubrication strategy for
boundary and mixed lubrication by providing a solvated film between solid surfaces. We …

The combination of the reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)
polymerization R-group grafting from approach and RAFT one-pot acrylamide multiblock …

An extremely efficient lubrication system is achieved in synovial joints by means of bio-
lubricants and sophisticated nanostructured surfaces that work together. Molecular …

We describe the design of lubricating and wear protecting fluids based on mixtures of bottle-
brushes (BB) and linear polymer solutions. To illustrate this concept, we used hyaluronic …

We report the first nitroxide-mediated synthesis of multipod-like silica/polymer latexes by
polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) of amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous …

The anion-specific solvation and conformational behavior of weakly basic poly (2-
dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (poly (DMA)), poly (2-diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate …

Polymers exhibiting the bottlebrush (BB) architecture have excellent lubricating properties.
However, to motivate their use in real life systems, they must also protect surfaces against …