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 …

Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

The interest in nanodiamond applications in biology and medicine is on the rise over recent
years. This is due to the unique combination of properties that nanodiamond provides. Small …

Electrografting refers to the electrochemical reaction that permits organic layers to be
attached to solid conducting substrates. This definition can be extended to reactions …

Nanodiamond (ND) is becoming the core center of interest for many researchers due to its
immense utilization in different fields of science. The extraordinarily unique attributes …

Nanoscale diamond has recently received considerable attention due to the various
possible applications such as luminescence imaging, drug delivery, quantum engineering …

This critical review summarizes existing knowledge on the use of diazonium salts as a new
generation of surface modifiers and coupling agents for binding synthetic polymers …

Nanoscale carbon materials hold great promise for biotechnological and biomedical
applications. Fluorescent nanodiamond (FND) is a recent new addition to members of the …

Infrared spectroscopy was applied to investigate the well-known EDC/NHS (N-ethyl-N′-(3-
(dimethylamino) propyl) carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide) activation details of poly …