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Smart Microfluidic Channels by Ionov, L., Houbenov, N., Sidorenko, A., Stamm, M., Minko, S.

“…The walls of microfludic “smart channels” are coated by responsive mixed polymer brushes with a gradient of chemical composition. The concept of the smart…”
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Stimuli-Responsive Colloidal Systems from Mixed Brush-Coated Nanoparticles by Motornov, M., Sheparovych, Ro, Lupitskyy, R., MacWilliams, E., Hoy, O., Luzinov, I., Minko, S.

“…We report on the application of mixed polymer brushes to the reversible in situ switching colloidal systems (suspensions of responsive 200 nm in diameter…”
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Superhydrophobic Surfaces Generated from Water-Borne Dispersions of Hierarchically Assembled Nanoparticles Coated with a Reversibly Switchable Shell by Motornov, M., Sheparovych, R., Lupitskyy, R., MacWilliams, E., Minko, S.

“…The method used to fabricate a superhydrophobic coating from aqueous dispersions of hybrid responsive nanoparticles with no application of surfactants, organic…”
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Reorganization of Binary Polymer Brushes:  Reversible Switching of Surface Microstructures and Nanomechanical Properties by Lemieux, M, Usov, D, Minko, S, Stamm, M, Shulha, H, Tsukruk, V. V

“…For a binary polymer brush layer, we investigated the morphological state, the structure reordering, and the nanomechanical properties as a function of…”
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Lateral versus perpendicular segregation in mixed polymer brushes by Minko, S, Müller, M, Usov, D, Scholl, A, Froeck, C, Stamm, M

“…Grafting of incompatible polymers on a substrate prevents macrophase separation and the chains self-assemble laterally. Mixed brushes are exposed to different…”
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Direct Measurement of Thermoelastic Properties of Glassy and Rubbery Polymer Brush Nanolayers Grown by “Grafting-from” Approach by Lemieux, M, Minko, S, Usov, D, Stamm, M, Tsukruk, V. V

“…We report the results of atomic force microscopy (AFM) based nanoscale probing of thermal and nanomechanical properties of relatively thick (50−90 nm) polymer…”
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The toxicity of engineered nanoparticles on seed plants chronically exposed to low-level environmental radiation by Karimullina, E., Antonova, E., Pozolotina, V., Tokarev, A., Minko, S.

“…Nothing is known about how plant populations chronically exposed to radiation adapt to a new anthropogenic stressor as engineered nanoparticles (ENP). A set of…”
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Metallic nickel nanorod arrays embedded into ordered block copolymer templates by Seifarth, O., Krenek, R., Tokarev, I., Burkov, Y., Sidorenko, A., Minko, S., Stamm, M., Schmeiβer, D.

“…We report on metallic Nickel nanorods prepared by utilizing a mask of ordered nanostructured hollow channels in a block copolymer matrix. These polymeric…”
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Polyolefin surface activation by grafting of functional polyperoxide by Varvarenko, S., Voronov, A., Samaryk, V., Tarnavchyk, I., Roiter, Y., Minko, S., Nosova, N., Kohut, A., Voronov, S.

“…Original way of polyolefin surface activation through covalent grafting of functional polyperoxide (FPP) macromolecules is described. Two interconnected…”
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Low pressure plasma-based approaches to fluorocarbon polymer surface modification by Nitschke, M., König, U., Lappan, U., Minko, S., Simon, F., Zschoche, S., Werner, C.

“…A survey and comparison of several low pressure plasma‐based approaches to fluorocarbon polymer surface modification is reported including “simple” plasma…”
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Compatibilization of polymer blends with high-molecular-weight peroxides by Voronov, S., Samaryk, V., Roiter, Y., Pionteck, J., Pötschke, P., Minko, S., Tokarev, I., Varvarenko, S., Nosova, N.

“…A novel approach for the compatibilization of heterogeneous polymer blends with interface‐active high‐molecular‐weight peroxides is presented. This three‐step…”
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Stimuli-Responsive Materials with Self-Healing Antifouling Surface via 3D Polymer Grafting by Kuroki, Hidenori, Tokarev, Ihor, Nykypanchuk, Dmytro, Zhulina, Ekaterina, Minko, Sergiy

“…A novel stimuli‐responsive material is reported with the self‐healing antifouling surface via 3D polymer grafting. The self‐healing surface is generated from a…”
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AFM Single Molecule Experiments at the Solid−Liquid Interface:  In Situ Conformation of Adsorbed Flexible Polyelectrolyte Chains by Roiter, Yuri, Minko, Sergiy

“…This paper reports the in situ study of conformations of flexible synthetic polymer molecules of protonated poly(2-vinylpyridine) at the solid−liquid interface…”
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Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials by Luzinov, Igor, Minko, Sergiy, Stuart, Martien A. Cohen, Huck, Wilhelm T. S, Genzer, Jan, Müller, Marcus, Ober, Christopher, Stamm, Manfred, Sukhorukov, Gleb B, Szleifer, Igal, Tsukruk, Vladimir V, Urban, Marek, Winnik, Françoise, Zauscher, Stefan

“…Stimuli-responsive polymers can be engineered, in both film and colloid forms, to respond to a variety of inputs, from temperature to pH. The inherent…”
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Adaptive and responsive surfaces through controlled reorganization of interfacial polymer layers by Luzinov, Igor, Minko, Sergiy, Tsukruk, Vladimir V

“…The present manuscript offers an overview of the current state of affairs within the research field of adaptive and environmentally sensitive polymer surfaces…”
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Investigation of debonding processes in particle-filled polymer materials by acoustic emission. Part I Acoustic emission and debonding stress by KRAUS, R, WILKE, W, ZHUK, A, LUZINOV, I, MINKO, S, VORONOV, A

“…Debonding processes in model composites under tensile deformation were investigated by acoustic emission analysis. The composites were prepared from epoxy and…”
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Encapsulation of fillers with grafted polymers for model composites by Luzinov, I., Voronov, A., Minko, S., Kraus, R., Wilke, W., Zhuk, A.

“…Glass beads were encapsulated by grafted polymers: polybutylacrylate and polystyrene. Grafting was performed by the polymerization initiated from the particle…”
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Synthesis and behavior of the polymer covering on a solid surface. II. Effect of the adsorbent particle size on adsorption by Luzinov, I., Evchuk, I., Minko, S., Voronov, S.

“…Adsorption of poly(5‐tert‐butylperoxy‐5‐methyl‐1‐hexen‐3‐yne‐co‐maleic anhydride) and poly(styrene‐co‐maleic anhydride) on the various ultrafine powders (TiO2,…”
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Two-Level Structured Self-Adaptive Surfaces with Reversibly Tunable Properties by Minko, Sergiy, Müller, Marcus, Motornov, Michail, Nitschke, Mirko, Grundke, Karina, Stamm, Manfred

“…We report a route to fabricate two-level structured self-adaptive surfaces (SAS) of polymer materials. The first level of structure is built by a rough polymer…”
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Responsive Polyelectrolyte Gel Membranes by Tokarev, I., Orlov, M., Minko, S.

“…Ultrathin polyelectrolyte gel pH‐responsive membranes with sub‐micrometer pore size are synthesized on planar substrates. The membranes are thin porous films…”
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