Theoretical descriptions of static properties of polymer brushes are reviewed, with an
emphasis on monodisperse macromolecules grafted to planar, cylindrical, or spherical …

Surface-polymer interactions are important in many technological applications, including
colloidal stablization and adherence. Recently there has been considerable progress in …

We have studied the temperature dependence of swelling of a polystyrene brush in
cyclohexane with quartz resonators and ellipsometry. The swelling of the layer, which has …

The structure and thermodynamic properties of a system of end-grafted flexible polymer
chains grafted to a flat substrate and exposed to a solvent of variable quality are studied by …

Fabrication of functionalized surfaces using polymer brushes is a relatively simple process
and parallels the presence of glycocalyx filaments coating the luminal surface of our …

We use the self-assembling nature of diblock copolymers in selective solvents to produce
monodisperse spherical micelles. These micelles provide a valuable model system to study …

Abstract Layer‐by‐layer (LbL) assembly of polymer electrolyte multilayers is now a well‐
established method for the fabrication of thin films by sequential adsorption of alternating …

We present results of Brownian dynamics simulations of polymer brushes under steady and
oscillatory shear. The brush is sheared by a bare surface and the resulting solvent velocity …

Knowledge of interaction parameters and Kuhn length for a polymer/solvent pair is a
foundation of polymer physics of synthetic and biological macromolecules. Here, we …

The last few decades have witnessed the great progress in surface modification through the
use of functional polymer coatings. Surface-grafted polymers with thickness ranging from …