Polymer Brushes: Substrates Technologies and Properties

This book provides a one-stop reference on the various aspects of polymer brush technology including synthesis properties performance and applications. Along with introductory information for newcomers the text presents both experimental details and theoretical insights to enable a better understanding of the brush system and to help readers choose the proper synthesis methods and materials for their system. The authors discuss recent advances in the synthesis and characterization of polymer brushes and include examples of many different polymer brush and substrate systems.