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 …

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 …

Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

Recent progress in surface-initiated polymerization enables the deliberate polymer
modification of nanoscopic surfaces with high levels of precision. This has given rise to the …

In recent years, zwitterionic materials such as poly (carboxybetaine)(pCB) and poly
(sulfobetaine)(pSB) have been applied to a broad range of biomedical and engineering …

Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis,
Characterization, Properties, and Applications | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS Publications C&EN …

Monomers composed of a (meth) acrylate moiety connected to a short poly (ethylene) glycol
(PEG) chain are versatile building‐blocks for the preparation of “smart” biorelevant …

In modern technology, there is a constant need to solve very complex problems and to fine-
tune existing solutions. This is definitely the case in modern medicine with emerging fields …

Precision synthesis of advanced polymeric materials requires efficient, robust, and facile
chemical reactions. Paradoxically, the synthesis of increasingly intricate macromolecular …

The metal catalyzed azide/alkyne 'click'reaction (a variation of the Huisgen 1, 3‐dipolar
cycloaddition reaction between terminal acetylenes and azides) has vastly increased in …