Marine biofouling has negatively affected human sailing since ancient times. Traditional
antifouling coatings were banned worldwide in 2003 due to their toxicity towards nontarget …

With the aging of population and the rapid improvement of public health and medical level in
recent years, people have had an increasing demand for orthopedic implants. However …

Biocontamination of medical devices and implants is a growing issue that causes medical
complications and increased expenses. In the fight against biocontamination, developing …

Food and beverage industries operate their production units under stringent hygiene
standards to verify high-quality products. However, the presence of biofilms can cause …

Microbial resistance to current antibiotics therapies is a major cause of implant failure and
adverse clinical outcomes in orthopaedic surgery. Recent developments in advanced …

This review focuses on the attachment of polymer brushes to polymeric biomaterial
substrates by chemical surface modification methods for biomedical applications. In the first …

It was a physicist, Wolfgang Pauli, who recognized a century ago that “God made the bulk;
the surface was invented by the devil.” And indeed, adjusting the surface properties of …

Diabetes is a metabolic condition that is exponentially increasing worldwide. Current
monitoring methods for diabetes are invasive, painful, and expensive. Herein, we present …

Chitosan as a biobased polymer is gaining increasing attention due to its extraordinary
physico‐chemical characteristics and properties. While a primary use of chitosan has been …

The turn of the 21st century heralded in the semiconductor age alongside the Anthropocene
epoch, characterised by the ever-increasing human impact on the environment. The …