Pick up, move and release of nanoparticles utilizing co-non-solvency of PNIPAM brushes

ATR-IR Investigation of Solvent Interactions with Surface-Bound Polymers

(2016) Christian H. Mathis et al.   LANGMUIR

Geometry-Dependent Insertion Forces on Particles in Swollen Polymer Brushes

(2016) Sissi de Beer et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nature of the Specific Anion Response of a Hydrophobic Weak Polyelectrolyte Brush Revealed by AFM Force Measurements

(2016) Joshua D. Willott et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tunable friction by employment of co-non-solvency of PNIPAM brushes

(2016) Yunlong Yu et al.   POLYMER

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Phase Diagrams: Fifty Years of Research

(2015) Avraham Halperin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Co-non-solvency: Mean-field polymer theory does not describe polymer collapse transition in a mixture of two competing good solvents

(2015) Debashish Mukherji et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Mechanism of Polymer Collapse in Miscible Good Solvents

(2015) Francisco Rodríguez-Ropero et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Stretching of collapsed polymers causes an enhanced dissipative response of PNIPAM brushes near their LCST

(2015) Yunlong Yu et al.   Soft Matter

Cononsolvency of poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide (PNIPAM): Microgels versus linear chains and macrogels

(2014) Christine Scherzinger et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

Using FTIR spectroscopy to study the phase transitions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in tetrahydrofuran-d 8/D2O

(2014) Cheng-Wei Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

In situ fabrication of a temperature- and ethanol-responsive smart membrane in a microchip

(2014) Yi-Meng Sun et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Switchable Friction Using Contacts of Stimulus-Responsive and Nonresponding Swollen Polymer Brushes

(2014) Sissi de Beer   LANGMUIR

Highly Efficient and Versatile Formation of Biocompatible Star Polymers in Pure Water and Their Stimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly

(2014) Thomas G. McKenzie et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Enhanced solvation effect of re-collapsing behavior for cross-linked PMMA particle gel in aqueous alcohol solutions

(2014) Sang Min Lee et al.   POLYMER

Gecko-Inspired but Chemically Switched Friction and Adhesion on Nanofibrillar Surfaces

(2014) Shuanhong Ma et al.   Small

Direct Synthesis of MOF-Derived Nanoporous Carbon with Magnetic Co Nanoparticles toward Efficient Water Treatment

(2014) Nagy L. Torad et al.   Small

Collapse from the top: brushes of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in co-nonsolvent mixtures

(2014) Qi Chen et al.   Soft Matter

Co-nonsolvency of PNiPAM at the transition between solvation mechanisms

(2014) I. Bischofberger et al.   Soft Matter

Polymer collapse in miscible good solvents is a generic phenomenon driven by preferential adsorption

(2014) Debashish Mukherji et al.   Nature Communications

Solvent-induced immiscibility of polymer brushes eliminates dissipation channels

(2014) Sissi de Beer et al.   Nature Communications

Graphene oxide–Fe3O4 nanocomposite for combination of dual-drug chemotherapy with photothermal therapy

(2014) Jian-Min Shen et al.   RSC Advances

Cosolvency-Induced Switching of the Adhesion between Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes

(2014) Yunlong Yu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Controlled Cell Adhesion on Poly(dopamine) Interfaces Photopatterned with Non-Fouling Brushes

(2013) Cesar Rodriguez-Emmenegger et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Graphene-Supported Ultrafine Metal Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Mesoporous Silica: Robust Catalysts for Oxidation and Reduction Reactions

(2013) Lu Shang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nanoscale Contact Mechanics of Biocompatible Polyzwitterionic Brushes

(2013) Zhenyu Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

Enhanced Stability of Low Fouling Zwitterionic Polymer Brushes in Seawater with Diblock Architecture

(2013) Robert Quintana et al.   LANGMUIR

Coil–Globule–Coil Transition of PNIPAm in Aqueous Methanol: Coupling All-Atom Simulations to Semi-Grand Canonical Coarse-Grained Reservoir

(2013) Debashish Mukherji et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dramatically Tuning Friction Using Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes

(2013) Qiangbing Wei et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Collective ordering of colloids in grafted polymer layers

(2013) Tine Curk et al.   Soft Matter

Thermally switchable adhesions of polystyrene-block-poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) copolymer pillar array mimicking climb attitude of geckos

(2012) Jem-Kun Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Thermoresponsive Cell Culture Substrates Based on PNIPAM Brushes Functionalized with Adhesion Peptides: Theoretical Considerations of Mechanism and Design

(2012) Avraham Halperin et al.   LANGMUIR

Stability and Cell Adhesion Properties of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes with Variable Grafting Densities

(2011) Xiaofeng Sui et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Conversion of Alcoholic Concentration Variations into Mechanical Force via Core–Shell Capsules

(2011) Li Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Effect of Brush Thickness and Solvent Composition on the Friction Force Response of Poly(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethylphosphorylcholine) Brushes

(2011) Zhenyu Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

Collapse of Thermoresponsive Brushes and the Tuning of Protein Adsorption

(2011) A. Halperin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Reverse Microemulsion-Mediated Synthesis of SiO2-Coated ZnO Composite Nanoparticles: Multiple Cores with Tunable Shell Thickness

(2010) Jinfeng Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles

(2010) Marek Grzelczak et al.   ACS Nano

Solubility and Thermoresponsiveness of PMMA in Alcohol-Water Solvent Mixtures

(2010) Richard Hoogenboom et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Effect of sonication and aging on the templating attribute of starch for “green” silver nanoparticles and their interactions at bio-interface

(2010) Rocktotpal Konwarh et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

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

Hybrid Antimicrobial Enzyme and Silver Nanoparticle Coatings for Medical Instruments

(2009) D. Matthew Eby et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tuning Gold Nanoparticle−Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Brush Interactions: From Reversible Swelling to Capture and Release

(2009) Steve Diamanti et al.   ACS Nano

Thermoresponsive copolymers: from fundamental studies to applications

(2009) Ruixue Liu et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

Influence of Ionic Strength, pH, and Cation Valence on Aggregation Kinetics of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

(2009) Rebecca A. French et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Organization of nanoparticles at the polymer brush-solvent interface

(2009) O. A. Guskova et al.   EPL

Thermally-responsive surfaces comprising grafted poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) chains: Surface characterisation and reversible capture of dispersed polymer particles

(2009) R. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Organization of Nanoparticles in Polymer Brushes

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

Density Effects on Collapse, Compression, and Adhesion of Thermoresponsive Polymer Brushes

(2009) Ibrahim B. Malham et al.   LANGMUIR

Antibacterial Properties of an In Situ Generated and Simultaneously Deposited Nanocrystalline ZnO on Fabrics

(2008) I. Perelshtein et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

How to concentrate nanoparticles and avoid aggregation?

(2008) C. Vauthier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS

Temperature-Responsive Polymers in Mixed Solvents: Competitive Hydrogen Bonds Cause Cononsolvency

(2008) Fumihiko Tanaka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Excess free energy of nanoparticles in a polymer brush

(2008) A. Milchev et al.   POLYMER

Switching of friction by binary polymer brushes

(2008) Mukesh Kumar Vyas et al.   Soft Matter