Stimuli responsive (or "smart") polymer brushes represent a non-toxic approach for achieving release of biofouling layers. Thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) polymer brushes have been shown to modulate bacterial adhesion and release through transition between temperatures above and below the lower critical solution temperature (LCST ~32 °C) of PNIPAAm in water. In this arti...

In this study, we compare poly(glycerol monomethacrylate) (PGMA) of different chain lengths and architectures (linear two-arm) with poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (PPEGMA) as an alternative polymer platform for the synthesis a new generation protein–polymer conjugates. Mono- two-arm functional atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators were designed selectivel...