Surface modifications by polymers are becoming increasingly important for various
applications ranging from biotechnology to advanced microelectronics. Recent successful …

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

This article reports on the preparation of environmentally responsive “hairy” nanoparticles by
growth of mixed poly (tert-butyl acrylate)(P t BA)/polystyrene (PS) brushes from silica …

Mixed polymer brush-grafted particles, in which two distinct polymers are randomly or
alternately immobilized by one end via a covalent bond on the surface of core particles with …

We report a simple method to synthesize binary polymer brushes from two incompatible
polymers of different polarity. The synthetic route is based on a subsequent step-by-step …

The grafting of polymer brushes to a solid surface provides a versatile tool for surface
modification and functionalization. End-functionalized polymer chains may be grafted to the …

Grafting of incompatible polymers on a substrate prevents macrophase separation and the
chains self-assemble laterally. Mixed brushes are exposed to different solvents and the …

For a binary polymer brush layer, we investigated the morphological state, the structure
reordering, and the nanomechanical properties as a function of treatment with selective …

In this report, we describe a novel approach to create an electrochemical gating system
using mixed polymer brushes grafted to an electrode surface, and we explore the switchable …

We investigate the structure and phase behavior of a two-component (binary) polymer brush
in a solvent within self-consistent field theory as a function of the chains' stretching, the …