Over the past three decades, the combination of inorganic-nanoparticles and organic-
polymers has led to a wide variety of advanced materials, including polymer …

Polymer single crystals and correlated crystalline structures are reviewed by emphasizing
the last 10–20 years of research on fundamental concepts, single crystal engineering, and …

Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) is the most widely used polymer to decorate inorganic
nanoparticles (NPs) by the “grafting-to” method for antifouling properties. PEG also shows …

The transport of engineered nanoparticles in porous media is of interest in numerous
applications including electromagnetic imaging of subsurface reservoirs, enhanced oil …

The conformation of polymers at interface profoundly influences the interfacial properties.
Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) is a newly developed technique to …

We demonstrate that grafting a distribution of polymer chains onto an interface critically
affects the shape of the distribution, with shorter chains being preferentially attached. This …

The chemical grafting of thiol-terminated poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(HS-PNIPAM) chains
to a gold surface from a solution was investigated with a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) …

Tailoring surface energies is the key factor to control the orientation of nanoscopic structures
in thin block copolymer (BCP) films. In the general frame of the “grafting to” approach, this …

Ultrathin films of end‐tethered polymers, generally indicated as polymer brushes, have
gained great interest for their ability to modify the surface interaction with the surrounding …

The advantages of the grafting-to approach for the formation of tethered polymer layers, or
polymer brushes, include construction under ambient conditions, precise control of polymer …