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Polymer brushes (PBs) are a unique platform that introduce the responsive properties of soft matter to solid surfaces with outstanding mechanical stability. The densely grafted polymer chains may respond to chemical and physical stimuli in a variety of ways: reversible or permanent response, locking, and triggered release. This review focuses on interactions between active moieties of PB with ions (including protons), electrons, and photons that result in chemical transformations of the PB leading to macroscopic changes. The alterations in morphology, swelling, wettability, electrical resistivity, adhesion and bio-adhesion are examples of responses that make PB an extremely important element of nanotechnology. |
