Driving Polymer Brushes from Synthesis to Functioning

The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to develop more facile and robust approaches for surface-initiated (SIPs) fabricate polymer brushes, even non-experts. In recent years, external-stimuli-mediated polymerization methods have come the fore as SIPs because their less rigorous synthetic procedures high controllability, which expand opportunities synthesizing macromolecules with desired chemical compositions structures, well tailor-made polymers bioconjugates that show broad applicability physiological compatibility. This review discusses latest developments in methods, particular, external-stimuli mediated atom transfer (ATRP), photo-induced polymerizations, reversible addition-fragmentation chain (RAFT) polymerization, other combination application surface grafting. implementation these is interest due unique possibilities temporally control a process, fast straightforward environmentally benign features, lead established emerging applications biolubrication, antifouling, biosensing.