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 …

Theoretical descriptions of static properties of polymer brushes are reviewed, with an
emphasis on monodisperse macromolecules grafted to planar, cylindrical, or spherical …

Nanoparticle clusters with molecular-like configurations are an emerging class of colloidal
materials. Particles decorated with attractive surface patches acting as analogs of functional …

Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of a composite consisting of an ungrafted or a
grafted spherical silica nanoparticle embedded in a melt of 20-monomer atactic polystyrene …

Grafting polymers to nanoparticle surfaces influences properties from the conformation of the
polymer chains to the dispersion and assembly of nanoparticles within a polymeric material …

The chain and segmental dynamics of free and grafted 20-monomer atactic polystyrene
chains surrounding a silica nanoparticle have been investigated employing atomistic …

We employ an all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulation framework to unravel water
microstructure and ion properties for cationic [poly (2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl) …

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 …

This review discusses the properties of macromolecular layers on nano-curved surfaces,
with special emphasis on the fast-growing field of polymer-and polyelectrolyte-modified …

Polymer brushes are formed from flexible linear macromolecules tethered at one chain end
to a solid substrate, forming a dense polymeric layer of polymer chains which are more or …