The atomic force microscope (AFM) is not only a tool to image the topography of solid
surfaces at high resolution. It can also be used to measure force-versus-distance curves …

Tethered polymer chains refers to macromolecular chains that are attached into
microstructures by their ends. Highly branched polymers, polymer micelles and end-grafted …

Attaining thermodynamic stability of colloids in a broad range of concentrations has long
been a major thrust in the field of colloidal ligand-capped semiconductor nanocrystals …

Giant vesicles are widely used as a model membrane system, both for basic biological
systems and for their promising applications in the development of smart materials and cell …

Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces Comprehensive textbook on the interdisciplinary field of
interface science, fully updated with new content on wetting, spectroscopy, and coatings …

Polymers attached by one end to an interface at relatively high coverage stretch away from
the interface to avoid overlapping, forming a polymer" brush." This simple picture may serve …

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are used in a rapidly expanding number
of research and practical applications in the biomedical field, including magnetic cell …

As a result of important advances over the last decade, block copolymer melts have become
an excellent model system for studying fundamental phenomena associated with molecular …

We report the design of a bottle-brush polymer whose architecture closely mimics the
lubricating protein lubricin. Interaction forces, assessed using a Surface Forces Apparatus …

Chain-like macromolecules (polymers) show characteristic adsorption properties due to their
flexibility and internal degrees of freedom, when attracted to surfaces and interfaces. In this …