When dual and multi-responsiveness meet molecular brushes

Mixed polymer brushes for controlled protein adsorption: state of the art and future prospective

“…Stimuli responsive polymers have the capability to respond under some external stimulus, e.g., ionic strength, temperature, light, pH, electric charge, and salt from the surrounding environment, and undergo an observable change in the surface properties like color, wettability, and protein adsorption/ desorption properties. [96][97][98] Among the different triggers, pH, ionic strength, temperature, and solvent have attracted a great deal of attention in the last several years due to their interesting applications. While some triggers, like light and electricity responsive polymers, attract less attention they have already been shown to have a significant degree of potential.…”

Multi-responsive polymers

“…The variety of different polymers, the combination of different responses and application domains covered in this issue demonstrates the importance of this topic. In a first part of this issue, two review articles summarize the multi-responsive polymers in ionic liquid by Zhang and co-workers [1] and multiresponsive polymer brushes by Yuan and co-workers [2]. In a second part, thermoresponsive polymers have been prepared to yield schizophrenic thermoresponsive micelles, where Hoogenboom and co-workers studied UCST and LCST behavior of block copolymers containing poly(methyl acrylate) (PMA) and poly(diethylene glycol ethyl ether acrylate) (PDEGEA) segments in water and ethanol [3].…”