Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), a nascent field in energy conversion technologies,
provide a novel approach to producing electrical energy from mechanical motion in the …

Highlights The article reviewed plasma research on natural fiber functionalization and
sustainable polymeric derivatives in the last two decades. The article highlighted various …

Polymer materials are widely employed in many fields due to the ease with which they can
be formed into complex shapes, their versatile mechanical properties, light weight, and low …

Surface properties of modern materials are usually inadequate in terms of wettability,
adhesion properties, biocompatibility etc., so they should be modified prior to application or …

Inspired by nature, tunable wettability has attracted a lot of attention in both academia and
industry. Various methods of polymer surface tailoring have been studied to control the …

Biomaterial-associated infections are one of the major causes of implant failure. These
infections result from persistent bacteria that have adhered to the biomaterial surface before …

Fluorinated polymers are renowned for their chemical inertness and thus poor wettability
and adhesion of various coatings. Apart from chemical methods employing somewhat toxic …

Changes of a material biointerface allow for specialized cell signaling and diverse biological
responses. Biomaterials incorporating immobilized bioactive ligands have been widely …

Materials for biomedical applications often need to be coated to enhance their performance,
such as their biocompatibility, antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties, or …

The use of polymers and nanomaterials has vastly grown for industrial and biomedical
sectors during last years. Before any designation or selection of polymers and their …