Targeted surface nanocomplexity: two-dimensional control over the composition, physical properties and anti-biofouling performance of hyperbranched fluoropolymer–poly(ethylene glycol) amphiphilic crosslinked networks

Fabrication of nonfouling, bactericidal, and bacteria corpse release multifunctional surface through surface-initiated RAFT polymerization

“…[40][41][42] So, the "grafting from" method through RAFT polymerization is suitable to construct copolymer brush coating to modify biomaterials. Apart from hydrophilicity, topography 43,44 change is another important factor affecting the anti-adhesion properties of the material surface. As shown in Table 1 and Figure 1 the surfaces of PEI and the RAFT agent were smooth, which nearly changed on the surface in the pretreatment with low the root mean square (RMS) roughness (2.06±0.32 and 3.42±0.41 nm, respectively).…”

Amphiphilic Polymer Platforms: Surface Engineering of Films for Marine Antibiofouling

“…On the other hand, the incorporation of NA units actively enhanced the ability of the entire system of inhibiting the settlement of barnacle larvae with respect to unmodified HBFP‐PEG surfaces . The investigation was extended to an array of HBFP‐PEG compositions in order to optimise the physical‐chemical properties and the antifouling performances . In both the dry and water‐swollen states, the water contact angle decreased as the amount of PEG cross‐linker increased in the formulations, indicating a higher surface hydrophilicity.…”

“…Static water contact angles of coatings from an HBFP‐PEG with 67 mol% PFS, cross‐linked with 33, 50 and 60 wt% PEG in the dry and water‐swollen states. Reproduced with permission . Copyright 2012, The Royal Society of Chemistry.…”

Synthesis of superhydrophobic fluorinated polystyrene microspheres via distillation precipitation polymerization

“…It is necessary to design and synthesize prepolymer with unique structure and morphology with the subsequent techniques for the formation of rough surface. Fluoropolymer is a type of special polymer with remarkable characteristics, including low friction coefficient, good chemical stability, dielectric property, and low surface energy, which has been widely utilized as optical material [9], packaging [10], fouling resistance [11], coating material [12], and superhydrophobic material [13,14].…”