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Soiling and Cleaning of Polymer Film Solar Reflectors [PDF]

Energies, 2016
This paper describes the accelerated ageing of commercially available silvered polymer film by contact cleaning using brushes and water in the presence of soiling created by dust and sand particles.
Christopher Sansom, Aránzazu Fernández-García, Florian Sutter, Heather Almond, Peter King, Lucía Martínez-Arcos   +5 more
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Thermoresponsive mixed polymer brush to effectively control the adhesion and separation of stem cells by altering temperature

Materials Today Bio, 2023
During the last few decades, thermoresponsive materials for modulating cell adhesion have been investigated for the application of tissue engineering.
Kenichi Nagase, Haruno Wakayama, Junnosuke Matsuda, Naoto Kojima, Hideko Kanazawa   +4 more
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Micropatterning of Confined Surfaces with Polymer Brushes by Two‐Photon‐Initiated Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain‐Transfer Polymerization [PDF]

Small Science
Photopatterned polymer brushes provide a viable option to alter the surface properties of biosensors, substrates for tissue engineering, or microelectronic implants.
Stefan Helfert, Tommaso Zandrini, Andreas Rohatschek, Manuel Rufin, Peter Machata, Anna Zahoranová, Orestis G. Andriotis, Philipp J. Thurner, Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Robert Liska, Stefan Baudis   +10 more
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Functional polymer brushes for anti-microplastic pollution [PDF]

Eco-Environment & Health, 2023
Peng-Fei Sun, Chao Rong, Lingyu Meng, Laiyan Wu, Hai Zhu   +4 more
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A Versatile Approach for the Synthesis of Antimicrobial Polymer Brushes on Natural Rubber/Graphene Oxide Composite Films via Surface-Initiated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization [PDF]

Molecules
A simple strategy was adopted for the preparation of an antimicrobial natural rubber/graphene oxide (NR/GO) composite film modified through the use of zwitterionic polymer brushes.
Wenya Zhu, Bangsen Li, Jinrui Liu, Shishu Sun, Yan Zhang, Dashuai Zhang, Chen Li, Tianyi Sun, Huaide Qin, Jianjun Shi, Zaifeng Shi   +10 more
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Polydopamine-Mediated Grafting of Cationic Polymer Brushes for Adsorption of Fluorinated Compounds. [PDF]

Chemistry
Morrissey AC, Sbordone F, Pashley-Johnson F, Micallef AS, van de Worp B, Zaquen N, Egodawatta P, Delafresnaye L, Michalek L, Barner-Kowollik C.   +9 more
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Polymer Brushes: Novel Surfaces for Biomedical Applications

Baghdad Journal of Biochemistry and Applied Biological Sciences, 2023
Polymer brushes play an important role in surface modification techniques to improve the biocompatibility of modified surfaces inside the human body for different biological and biomedical applications.
Ahmed Al-Ani, Emad Yousif
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On the Road to Circular Polymer Brushes: Challenges and Prospects. [PDF]

Langmuir
Brió Pérez M, Wurm FR, de Beer S.
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The Art and Science of Polymer Brushes: Recent Developments in Patterning and Characterization Approaches

CHIMIA, 2017
Polymer brushes are dense arrays of macromolecular chains tethered by one end at a surface. They are at the cutting edge of polymer nanotechnology since the dawn of controlled surface-initiated polymerization techniques unlocked new prospects ...
Guido Panzarasa
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Synthesis and specific biomedical applications of polymer brushes

Applied Surface Science Advances, 2023
The modification of surfaces with various polymer chains through interactions involving strong covalent bonds is a current focal point. The relevance of this subject lies in the diversification of polymeric structures, particularly applicable in ...
Emre Yılmazoğlu, Selcan Karakuş
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