Polymer brushes here, there, and everywhere: Recent advances in their practical applications and emerging opportunities in multiple research fields

Nanoarchitectonics: Pioneering a New Paradigm for Nanotechnology in Materials Development

(2012) Masakazu Aono et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Proton and Calcium-Gated Ionic Mesochannels: Phosphate-Bearing Polymer Brushes Hosted in Mesoporous Thin Films As Biomimetic Interfacial Architectures

(2012) Annette Brunsen et al.   LANGMUIR

Optical Nanosensor Platform Operating in Near-Physiological pH Range via Polymer-Brush-Mediated Plasmon Coupling

(2011) Ihor Tokarev et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Smart Homopolymer Modification to Single Glass Conical Nanopore Channels: Dual-Stimuli-Actuated Highly Efficient Ion Gating

(2011) Li-Xiang Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thermo-Switchable Materials Prepared Using the OEGMA-Platform

(2011) Jean-François Lutz   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Novel Solid-State Polymer Electrolyte of Colloidal Crystal Decorated with Ionic-Liquid Polymer Brush

(2011) Takaya Sato et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bactericidal Microparticles Decorated by an Antimicrobial Peptide for the Easy Disinfection of Sensitive Aqueous Solutions

(2011) Thomas Blin et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Antibacterial Surfaces Based on Polymer Brushes: Investigation on the Influence of Brush Properties on Antimicrobial Peptide Immobilization and Antimicrobial Activity

(2011) Guangzheng Gao et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Micropatterned Thermoresponsive Polymer Brush Surfaces for Fabricating Cell Sheets with Well-Controlled Orientational Structures

(2011) Hironobu Takahashi et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

The biocompatibility and biofilm resistance of implant coatings based on hydrophilic polymer brushes conjugated with antimicrobial peptides

(2011) Guangzheng Gao et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Nanoarchitectonics for Mesoporous Materials

(2011) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Light-activated gating and permselectivity in interfacial architectures combining “caged” polymer brushes and mesoporous thin films

(2011) Annette Brunsen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Multifunctional hybrids by combining ordered mesoporous materials and macromolecular building blocks

(2011) Galo J. A. A. Soler-Illia et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Assembly and Characterization of Well-Defined High-Molecular-Weight Poly(p-phenylene) Polymer Brushes

(2011) Jose Alonzo et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Cellular interactions of monodisperse poly(GDMA) latex particles-containing DMAEM brushes

(2011) Anıl S. Kahraman et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Enzyme-passage free culture of mouse embryonic stem cells on thermo-responsive polymer surfaces

(2011) Sabrina Dey et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Electrochemically crosslinked surface-grafted PVK polymer brushes as a hole transport layer for organic photovoltaics

(2011) Maria Celeste Tria et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fabrication of nanostructures using polymer brushes

(2011) Sara V. Orski et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

A polymer brush organic interlayer improves the overlying pentacene nanostructure and organic field-effect transistor performance

(2011) Song Hee Park et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Mechanochromic polymer blends

(2011) Andrea Pucci et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Nanoarchitectonics: A Conceptual Paradigm for Design and Synthesis of Dimension-Controlled Functional Nanomaterials

(2011) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Synthesis of PNIPAM polymer brushes on reduced graphene oxide based on click chemistry and RAFT polymerization

(2011) Yongfang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Nitroxide polymer brushes grafted onto silica nanoparticles as cathodes for organic radical batteries

(2011) Hsiao-Chien Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Fibronectin and Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2-Decorated Poly(OEGMA-r-HEMA) Brushes Promote Osseointegration of Titanium Surfaces

(2011) Xiaoshuai Ren et al.   LANGMUIR

Temperature- and pH-Triggered Reversible Transfer of Doubly Responsive Hairy Particles between Water and a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid

(2011) Jonathan M. Horton et al.   LANGMUIR

Responsive Polymer-Coated Mesoporous Silica as a pH-Sensitive Nanocarrier for Controlled Release

(2011) Rui Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Biomimetic Anchors for Antifouling and Antibacterial Polymer Brushes on Stainless Steel

(2011) Wen Jing Yang et al.   LANGMUIR

Cellular Responses to Patterned Poly(acrylic acid) Brushes

(2011) Ethan N. Chiang et al.   LANGMUIR

Polymer Brushes with Phototriggered and Phototunable Swelling and pH Response

(2011) Jiaxi Cui et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Structure of Polymer Tethered Highly Grafted Nanoparticles

(2011) Vivek Goel et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Surface-Grafted Polymers from Electropolymerized Polythiophene RAFT Agent

(2011) Carlos D. Grande et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Surface-Initiated Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization from Fine Particles Functionalized with Trithiocarbonates

(2011) Kohji Ohno et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer-Grafted-Nanoparticle Surfactants

(2011) Damien Maillard et al.   NANO LETTERS

Memory effect in polymer brushes containing pendant carbazole groups

(2011) Yuyan Wei et al.   POLYMER

Grafting mixed responsive brushes of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(methacrylic acid) from gold by selective initiation

(2011) Xiaofeng Sui et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Nanostructured polymer brushes and protein density gradients on diamond by carbon templating

(2011) Naima A. Hutter et al.   Soft Matter

A comparative study on switchable adhesion between thermoresponsive polymer brushes on flat and rough surfaces

(2011) Ekaterina Svetushkina et al.   Soft Matter

Reversible assembly of oppositely charged hairy colloids in water

(2011) Evan Spruijt et al.   Soft Matter

Poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) Brushes with Incorporated Nanoparticles as a SERS Active Sensing Layer

(2010) Smrati Gupta et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Integrating Ionic Gate and Rectifier Within One Solid-State Nanopore via Modification with Dual-Responsive Copolymer Brushes

(2010) Wei Guo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

pH-Responsive Nanoporous Silica Colloidal Membranes

(2010) Olga Schepelina et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A pH-Gating Ionic Transport Nanodevice: Asymmetric Chemical Modification of Single Nanochannels

(2010) Xu Hou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Proton-regulated rectified ionic transport through solid-state conical nanopores modified with phosphate-bearing polymer brushes

(2010) Basit Yameen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Patterned nitroxide polymer brushes for thin-film cathodes in organic radical batteries

(2010) Yu-Hsuan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Polymer Brush As a Facile Dielectric Surface Treatment for High-Performance, Stable, Soluble Acene-Based Transistors

(2010) Kyungmin Park et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A Brush-Gel/Metal-Nanoparticle Hybrid Film as an Efficient Supported Catalyst in Glass Microreactors

(2010) Francesca Costantini et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Current Rectification in Temperature-Responsive Single Nanopores

(2010) Wei Guo et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Silica particles coated with zwitterionic polymer brush: Formation of colloidal crystals and anti-biofouling properties in aqueous medium

(2010) Hisatomo Suzuki et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Polyzwitterionic brushes: Extreme lubrication by design

(2010) Meng Chen et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Polymer Brush and Inorganic Oxide Hybrid Nanodielectrics for High Performance Organic Transistors

(2010) Liqiang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Fabrication of PDEAEMA-Coated Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and pH-Responsive Controlled Release

(2010) Jiao-Tong Sun et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Kinetic Analysis of Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol by Metallic Nanoparticles Immobilized in Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes

(2010) Stefanie Wunder et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Responsive Polymers End-Tethered in Solid-State Nanochannels: When Nanoconfinement Really Matters

(2010) Mario Tagliazucchi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enzyme-functionalized polymer brush films on the inner wall of silicon–glass microreactors with tunable biocatalytic activity

(2010) Francesca Costantini et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Light-Triggered Reversible Phase Transfer of Composite Colloids

(2010) Ying Wu et al.   LANGMUIR

Composites of Metal Nanoparticles and TiO2Immobilized in Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes

(2010) Yan Lu et al.   LANGMUIR

Neutron Reflectivity Study of the Structure of pH-Responsive Polymer Brushes Grown from a Macroinitiator at the Sapphire−Water Interface

(2010) Mauro Moglianetti et al.   LANGMUIR

Switching Water Droplet Adhesion Using Responsive Polymer Brushes

(2010) Xinjie Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Protein Adsorption and Cell Adhesion/Detachment Behavior on Dual-Responsive Silicon Surfaces Modified with Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-polystyrene Copolymer

(2010) Qian Yu et al.   LANGMUIR

Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Nanoparticles with Thermally Responsive Grafted Polymer Brushes

(2010) Trishna Saigal et al.   LANGMUIR

Formation of Pickering Emulsions Using Ion-Specific Responsive Colloids†

(2010) Khooi Y. Tan et al.   LANGMUIR

Effect of Grafting Density on Phase Transition Behavior for Poly(N-isopropylacryamide) Brushes in Aqueous Solutions Studied by AFM and QCM-D

(2010) Naoyuki Ishida et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Langmuir−Schaefer (LS) Macroinitiator Film Control on the Grafting of a Thermosensitive Polymer Brush via Surface Initiated-ATRP

(2010) Nicel C. Estillore et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Controlling nanoscale morphology in polymer photovoltaic devices

(2010) Joanna E. Slota et al.   Nano Today

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

(2010) Martien A. Cohen Stuart et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Colloidal crystals formed by polymer brush-afforded fine particles

(2010) Kohji Ohno   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis of thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brush on silicon wafer surface via atom transfer radical polymerization

(2010) Eylem Turan et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Polymer Brushes: Routes toward Mechanosensitive Surfaces

(2009) Johanna Bünsow et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Hybrid Polymer−Silicon Proton Conducting Membranes via a Pore-Filling Surface-Initiated Polymerization Approach

(2009) Basit Yameen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Battery Drivable Organic Single-Crystalline Transistors Based on Surface Grafting Ultrathin Polymer Dielectric

(2009) Liqiang Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Estimating Diffusion Coefficients of Probe Molecules into Polyelectrolyte Brushes by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

(2009) M. J. Rodríguez Presa et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Highly Proton-Conducting Self-Humidifying Microchannels Generated by Copolymer Brushes on a Scaffold

(2009) Basit Yameen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enzyme-mediated amperometric biosensors prepared via successive surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization

(2009) Z.B. Zhang et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Facile molecular design of hybrid functional assemblies with controllable transport properties: mesoporous films meet polyelectrolyte brushes

(2009) Alejandra Calvo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Formation of conjugated polymer brushes by surface-initiated catalyst-transfer polycondensation

(2009) S. Kyle Sontag et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Applications

(2009) Raphael Barbey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mechanically-Induced Chemical Changes in Polymeric Materials

(2009) Mary M. Caruso et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Polymer thin films embedded with in situ grown metal nanoparticles

(2009) G. V. Ramesh et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Reversibly switchable wettability

(2009) Bingwei Xin et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Preparation and Proton Conductivity of Sulfonated Polymer-Modified Sintered and Self-Assembled Silica Colloidal Crystals

(2009) Joanna J. Smith et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fabrication of Photoswitchable and Thermotunable Multicolor Fluorescent Hybrid Silica Nanoparticles Coated with Dye-Labeled Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes

(2009) Tao Wu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)−Gold Nanoassemblies on Macroscopic Surfaces: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application

(2009) Smrati Gupta et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Modified Electrodes with Switchable Selectivity for Cationic and Anionic Redox Species

(2009) Tsz Kin Tam et al.   ELECTROANALYSIS

Fabrication of smart nanocontainers with a mesoporous core and a pH-responsive shell for controlled uptake and release

(2009) Chun-Yan Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Grafting of poly(3-hexylthiophene) brushes on oxides using click chemistry

(2009) Peerasak Paoprasert et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Silver-Nanoparticle-Conjugated Polypeptide Brushes for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

(2009) Di-Yan Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Comparison of surface confined ATRP and SET-LRP syntheses for a series of amino (meth)acrylate polymer brushes on silicon substrates

(2009) Shijie Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Organization of Nanoparticles in Polymer Brushes

(2009) Ron Oren et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanostructure Based on Polymer Brushes for Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysis in Microreactors

(2009) Francesca Costantini et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mesoporous Films and Polymer Brushes Helping Each Other To Modulate Ionic Transport in Nanoconfined Environments. An Interesting Example of Synergism in Functional Hybrid Assemblies

(2009) Alejandra Calvo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Single Conical Nanopores Displaying pH-Tunable Rectifying Characteristics. Manipulating Ionic Transport With Zwitterionic Polymer Brushes

(2009) Basit Yameen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoresponsive Polymer Brushes for Hydrophilic Patterning

(2009) Andrew A. Brown et al.   LANGMUIR

Ferrocene Functional Polymer Brushes on Indium Tin Oxide via Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

(2009) Bo Yun Kim et al.   LANGMUIR

Protein Resistance of PNIPAAm Brushes: Application to Switchable Protein Adsorption

(2009) Sina Burkert et al.   LANGMUIR

Reversible “Closing” of an Electrode Interface Functionalized with a Polymer Brush by an Electrochemical Signal

(2009) Tsz Kin Tam et al.   LANGMUIR

Supramolecular Structures Generated by Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes and their Application in Catalysis

(2009) Yan Lu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Surface Modification of Polyvinyl Chloride Sheets via Growth of Hydrophilic Polymer Brushes

(2009) Yuquan Zou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Influence of Graft Density on Kinetics of Surface-Initiated ATRP of Polystyrene from Montmorillonite

(2009) Ross E. Behling et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthetic Proton-Gated Ion Channels via Single Solid-State Nanochannels Modified with Responsive Polymer Brushes

(2009) Basit Yameen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Temperature-modulated quenching of quantum dots covalently coupled to chain ends of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) brushes on gold

(2009) Oya Tagit et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Switchable selectivity for gating ion transport with mixed polyelectrolyte brushes: approaching ‘smart’ drug delivery systems

(2009) Mikhail Motornov et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Interface-tailored and nanoengineered polymeric materials for (opto)electronic devices

(2009) Hong Ma et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Stimulus-responsive polymer brushes on surfaces: Transduction mechanisms and applications

(2009) Tao Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Ionic Transport Through Single Solid-State Nanopores Controlled with Thermally Nanoactuated Macromolecular Gates

(2009) Basit Yameen et al.   Small

Polymer brush resist for responsive wettability

(2009) Andrew A. Brown et al.   Soft Matter

Bioelectrocatalytic System Coupled with Enzyme-Based Biocomputing Ensembles Performing Boolean Logic Operations: Approaching “Smart” Physiologically Controlled Biointerfaces

(2008) Jian Zhou et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Temperature Responsive Solution Partition of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Coated Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres

(2008) Po-Wen Chung et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stable Bimetallic Gold–Platinum Nanoparticles Immobilized on Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application for the Oxidation of Alcohols

(2008) Marc Schrinner et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled Cell Adhesion on PEG-Based Switchable Surfaces

(2008) Erik Wischerhoff et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Janus Colloids Formed by Biphasic Grafting at a Pickering Emulsion Interface

(2008) Bing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Antibacterial and Antifouling Polymer Brushes Incorporating Antimicrobial Peptide

(2008) Karine Glinel et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Intelligent Dual-Responsive Cellulose Surfaces via Surface-Initiated ATRP

(2008) Josefina Lindqvist et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Reversible colorimetric ion sensors based on surface initiated polymerization of photochromic polymers

(2008) Kristen Fries et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Microcantilevers:  Sensing Chemical Interactions via Mechanical Motion

(2008) Karen M. Goeders et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Temperature-Controlled Uptake and Release in PNIPAM-Modified Porous Silica Nanoparticles

(2008) Ye-Zi You et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene from different poly(ethylene terephthalate) surfaces: Films, fibers and fabrics

(2008) Loïc Bech et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Antibacterial effect of surface-functionalized polypropylene hollow fiber membrane from surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization

(2008) F YAO et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Solid polymer electrolytes: materials designing and all-solid-state battery applications: an overview

(2008) R C Agrawal et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Biochemically Controlled Bioelectrocatalytic Interface

(2008) Tsz Kin Tam et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Facile Large-Scale Fabrication of Proton Conducting Channels

(2008) Basit Yameen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tunable Redox-Responsive Hybrid Nanogated Ensembles

(2008) Rui Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Grafting Acrylic Polymers from Flat Nickel and Copper Surfaces by Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

(2008) Renxu Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Adapting Low-Adhesive Thin Films from Mixed Polymer Brushes

(2008) Roman Sheparovych et al.   LANGMUIR

Single Nanoparticle Plasmonic Devices by the “Grafting to” Method

(2008) Robert Lupitskyy et al.   LANGMUIR

Formation of Photochromic Spiropyran Polymer Brushes via Surface-Initiated, Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Reversible Photocontrol of Wetting Behavior and Solvent Dependent Morphology Changes

(2008) Satyabrata Samanta et al.   LANGMUIR

Exploring Actuation and Mechanotransduction Properties of Polymer Brushes

(2008) Jean E. Comrie et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Grafting Hole-Transport Precursor Polymer Brushes on ITO Electrodes: Surface-Initiated Polymerization and Conjugated Polymer Network Formation of PVK

(2008) Timothy M. Fulghum et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Preparation, Characterization, and Tunable Wettability of Poly(ionic liquid) Brushes via Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

(2008) Xiaoyan He et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stimuli-Responsive Bicomponent Polymer Janus Particles by “Grafting from”/“Grafting to” Approaches

(2008) Sebastian Berger et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of Substrate Geometry on Polymer Molecular Weight and Polydispersity during Surface-Initiated Polymerization

(2008) Christopher B. Gorman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer brushes as active nanolayers for tunable bacteria adhesion

(2008) Bogdan Zdyrko et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Polyelectrolyte Brush Amplified Electroactuation of Microcantilevers

(2008) Feng Zhou et al.   NANO LETTERS

Rectification in synthetic conical nanopores: A one-dimensional Poisson-Nernst-Planck model

(2008) I. D. Kosińska et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Challenges and breakthroughs in recent research on self-assembly

(2008) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Responsive brush layers: from tailored gradients to reversibly assembled nanoparticles

(2008) Igor Luzinov et al.   Soft Matter

Polymeric and biomacromolecular brush nanostructures: progress in synthesis, patterning and characterization

(2008) Robert Ducker et al.   Soft Matter

Effect of block sequence and block length on the stimuli-responsive behavior of polyampholyte brushes: hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interaction as the driving force for surface rearrangement

(2008) Kai Yu et al.   Soft Matter

Poly(l-alanine)-modified nanoporous colloidal films

(2008) Alexis E. Abelow et al.   Soft Matter

Organic Thin Film Transistors with Polymer Brush Gate Dielectrics Synthesized by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

(2007) J. C. Pinto et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Interplay between Hydrogen Bonding and Macromolecular Architecture Leading to Unusual Phase Behavior in Thermosensitive Microgels

(2007) Martina Keerl et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Covalent immobilization of quantum dots on macroscopic surfaces using poly(acrylic acid) brushes

(2007) Smrati Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY