Polymer brushes: Synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

AM Bhayo, Y Yang, X He - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer brushes are thin polymer films in which the individual polymer chains are tethered
by one chain end to a solid interface. The bulk and solution properties of these highly …

Recent progress in marine foul-release polymeric nanocomposite coatings

MS Selim, MA Shenashen, SA El-Safty… - Progress in Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Progress in materials science is associated with the development of nanomaterials in terms
of energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and low-cost methods. Since the use of tributyltin …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Brushes: Novel Surfaces for Future Materials

WL Chen, R Cordero, H Tran, CK Ober - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymer brushes have become a significant focus of polymer research with the need for
straightforward and versatile surface modification. With the development of controlled radical …

Antifouling strategies in advanced electrochemical sensors and biosensors

PH Lin, BR Li - Analyst, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical biosensors have been applied in a broad range of clinical applications for
pathogen biomarker detection and medical applications and diagnosis due to the sensitivity …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrophilic polymers: Current trends and visions for the future

N Bayliss, BVKJ Schmidt - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrophilic polymers are a major class of polymers in polymer science. They are found in
broad range of applications from superabsorbers to drug-delivery. In recent years, a plethora …

Brushing up functional materials

S Ma, X Zhang, B Yu, F Zhou - NPG Asia Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Surface-grafting polymer brushes (SPB), which are used in a versatile technique to easily
realize surface modifications, can be commonly used to change the inherent surface …

Plasma-controlled surface wettability: Recent advances and future applications

C Ma, A Nikiforov, D Hegemann… - International …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Materials with the desirable surface wettability are of key importance in diverse applications.
However, most of the existing chemical processes used for surface wettability control are …

Antibacterial material surfaces/interfaces for biomedical applications

Y Wang, F Wang, H Zhang, B Yu, H Cong… - Applied Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomaterial central infection (BCI) is a tough problem that has attracted high attention. The
most common source of infection in biomaterial centers is bacterial infections. For the past …

[HTML][HTML] Bottlebrush inspired injectable hydrogel for rapid prevention of postoperative and recurrent adhesion

J Gao, J Wen, D Hu, K Liu, Y Zhang, X Zhao, K Wang - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Postsurgical adhesion is a common clinic disease induced by surgical trauma,
accompanying serious subsequent complications. Current non-surgical approaches of …

Coating matters: Review on colloidal stability of nanoparticles with biocompatible coatings in biological media, living cells and organisms

J Schubert, M Chanana - Current medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Within the last two decades, the field of nanomedicine has not developed as successfully as
has widely been hoped for. The main reason for this is the immense complexity of the …