The term “zwitterionic polymers” refers to polymers that bear a pair of oppositely charged
groups in their repeating units. When these oppositely charged groups are equally …

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 …

Zwitterionic polymers, including polyampholytes and polybetaines, are polymers with both
positive and negative charges incorporated into their structure. They are a unique class of …

The robust, sensitive, and selective detection of targeted biomolecules in their native
environment by prospective nanostructures holds much promise for real-time, accurate, and …

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 …

This article describes the state of the art in the field of antimicrobial polymeric systems during
the last decade. Keeping in mind the multitude of existing systems, a classification of the …

The structures and synthesis of polyzwitterions (“polybetaines”) are reviewed, emphasizing
the literature of the past decade. Particular attention is given to the general challenges …

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

Antibiotics were once the golden bullet to constrain infectious bacteria. However, the rapid
and continuing emergence of antibiotic resistance (AR) among infectious microbial …

The term fouling generally refers to an undesirable process in which a surface becomes
encrusted with material from the surrounding environment. In the case of biofouling, that …