Stratified Polymer Grafts: Synthesis and Characterization of Layered ‘Brush’ and ‘Gel’ Structures

Tuning Surface Mechanical Properties by Amplified Polyelectrolyte Self-Assembly: Where “Grafting-from” Meets “Grafting-to”

(2013) Ang Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Exploring Lubrication Regimes at the Nanoscale: Nanotribological Characterization of Silica and Polymer Brushes in Viscous Solvents

(2013) Prathima C. Nalam et al.   LANGMUIR

Understanding the role of viscous solvent confinement in the tribological behavior of polymer brushes: a bioinspired approach

(2013) Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal et al.   Soft Matter

Poly(acrylamide) films at the solvent-induced glass transition: adhesion, tribology, and the influence of crosslinking

(2012) Ang Li et al.   Soft Matter

Surface-Grafted, Covalently Cross-Linked Hydrogel Brushes with Tunable Interfacial and Bulk Properties

(2011) Ang Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tablet-level origin of toughening in abalone shells and translation to synthetic composite materials

(2011) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   Nature Communications

Surface-Grafted Gel-Brush/Metal Nanoparticle Hybrids

(2010) Edmondo M. Benetti et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Modeling of reinitiation ability of polymer brushes grown by surface-initiated photoiniferter-mediated photopolymerization

(2010) Santosh B. Rahane et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

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

(2009) Raphael Barbey et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

On the Phase Nature of Polymer Brush Collapse upon Solvent Deterioration

(2009) Victor M. Amoskov et al.   MACROMOLECULAR THEORY AND SIMULATIONS

Internal Structure of Ultrathin Diblock Copolymer Brushes

(2009) Bulent Akgun et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Neutron Reflectivity Study of Free-End Distribution in Polymer Brushes

(2009) Nikolaos Spiliopoulos et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Studies of Frictional Properties on TN mode Alignment Film Surfaces with AFM/FFM

(2009) Musun Kwak et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

(2008) Benjamin J. F. Bruet et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

MATERIALS SCIENCE: Bioinspired Structural Materials

(2008) C. Ortiz et al.   SCIENCE