In materials science, a polymer brush is the name given to a surface coating consisting of polymers tethered to a surface. [1] The brush may be either in a solvated state, where the tethered polymer layer consists of polymer and solvent , or in a melt state, where the tethered chains completely fill up the space available.

Aug 23, 2018 · Polymer brushes are special macromolecular structures with polymer chains densely tethered to another polymer chain (one-dimensional, 1D) or the surface of a planar (two-dimensional, 2D), spherical or cylindrical (three-dimensional, 3D) solid via a stable covalent or noncovalent bond linkage.

Oct 1, 2022 · This review article will first present a thorough summary of the synthetic strategies towards polymer brushes, then review the different synthesis and characterization methods of polymer brushes followed by their fascinating properties, and lastly summarize promising applications of polymer brushes.

Mar 6, 2020 · Here we report a technique termed Polymer Brush Hypersurface Photolithography, which produces polymeric pixels by combining a digital micromirror device (DMD), an air-free reaction chamber,...

May 5, 2017 · With the development of controlled radical polymerization from surfaces, new theoretical models, and sophisticated characterization tools, the resulting ability to control brush density and brush thickness gives unparalleled control over surface properties and functionality.

A polymer brush is a special structure wherein one end of a long-chain polymer molecule is tethered to the surface or interface and the other end is stretched owing to the excluded volumetric repulsion [2, 3]. Polymer brushes can be prepared using …

Mar 23, 2023 · This review provides an overview of very recent advances in the architectural design of polymer brushes, which show new and very promising bioapplications such as biolubrication, antifouling and antibacterial coating, biosensing, and drug delivery.

Polymer brushes are assemblies of chain end-tethered polymer chains on solid substrates, which show remarkable properties as compared to their counterparts in solution, or polymer films obtained via, for example, drop- or spin-casting.

Jan 1, 2015 · Polymer brush is a layer at the solid-liquid (or liquid-liquid or air-liquid) interface, where polymer chains are anchored by one end to the solid (or liquid) surface [1]. Typical examples of polymer brushes are schematically drawn in Fig. 1.

Dec 31, 2016 · Polymer brush is a soft material unit tethered covalently on the surface of scaffolds. It can induce functional and structural modification of a substrate’s properties.