The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Nonspecific protein adsorption and/or microbial adsorption on biomedical materials
adversely affects the efficacy of a range of biomedical systems, from implants and …

Microbial infection is a severe concern, requiring the use of significant amounts of
antimicrobials/biocides, not only in the hospital setting, but also in other environments. The …

Rapid detection of bacterial pathogens and toxins in foods is necessary to provide real‐time
results to mitigate foodborne illness outbreaks. Cultural enrichment methods, although the …

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses have shown that foodborne bacterial pathogens
present a significant threat to public health, resulting in an increased need for technologies …

Mycotoxins are highly toxic secondary metabolites, which may contaminate many types of
food and feeds. These toxins have serious health risks for both human and animals. One of …

Surface biofouling induced by the undesired nonspecific adsorption of foulants (eg,
coexisting proteins and cells) in food matrices is a major issue of sensors for food analysis …

The last few decades have witnessed enormous progress in biology and life sciences as
well as nanotechnology, biosensing, information technologies, and polymer synthesis …

The ability to monitor biomolecular reactions in a real-time and label free manner is nearly
synonymous with the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique. At its basis, SPR relies …

Surface‐initiated photoinduced electron‐transfer‐reversible addition–fragmentation chain
transfer (SI‐PET‐RAFT) is, for the first time, used for the creation of antifouling polymer …