TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Grafted Polymer Brushes: Potential Applications in Textile Engineering
AU - Lijing Wang
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 4
SP - 249
EP - 259
PY - 2008
DA - 2008/12
SN - 1
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi03200901
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/5047.html
KW - polymer brush
KW - surface-initiated polymerization
KW - bio-compatible surface
KW - patterned brush
KW - smart surface
AB - Polymer brushes are assemblies of macromolecules that are tethered by one end to a surface
or interface. The advantage of polymer brushes over other surface modification methods (e.g. selfassembled
monolayers) is their mechanical and chemical robustness, coupled with a high degree
of synthetic flexibility towards the introduction of a variety of functional groups. In this paper, an
overview of the representative synthesis method of polymer brushes is presented and their potential
applications on smart surfaces, wettability and biocompatible surfaces are explored. Their potential
applications in textile engineering are discussed.