For several decades, high-density, end-tethered polymers, forming so-called polymer
brushes, have inspired scientists to understand their properties and to translate them to …

Recent decades have witnessed abundant research on surface modifications to hierarchical
polymer brushes for multiple biomedical applications. The rational design and spatial …

The era of poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) brushes as a universal panacea for preventing non‐
specific protein adsorption and providing lubrication to surfaces is coming to an end. In the …

The global society is in a transition, where dealing with climate change and water scarcity
are important challenges. More efficient separations of chemical species are essential to …

High-density, end-anchored macromolecules that form so-called polymer brushes are
popular components of bio-inspired surface coatings. In a bio-mimetic approach, they have …

Solid-supported organic photocatalysts for radical polymerization are promising materials
towards more sustainable chemical syntheses and may also open the pathway towards …

It is well-known that polymer brushes can degraft in aqueous liquids. Here we show that
brushes can deteriorate in humid air too. We observe that the detachment rate of the …

Self-cleaning surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates dependent on
versatile two-dimensional semiconductors offer an efficient channel for the sensitive …

Functionalization of biomaterials by “grafting-to” of functional polymers represents a pivotal
strategy to hinder unspecific biological adhesion, provide functions to the modified …

Bilayer polymer brushes presenting surface-bound poly (glycidyl methacrylate)(PGMA) films
and interfacial cyclic poly (2-alkyl-2-oxazoline)(PAOXA) brushes show excellent biopassivity …