Chemical Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. e1900430 - n/a
• Main Authors: Sun, Wei, Liu, Wenying, Wu, Zhaoqiang, Chen, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Antifouling substances; Biocompatibility; Biocompatible Materials - chemistry; Biomaterials; biomedical applications; Biomedical materials; Biomedical Research; Brushes; Chemical synthesis; graft polymerization; Grafting; Particle Size; polymeric biomaterials; Polymers; Polymers - chemistry; Substrates; surface modification; Surface Properties; polymeric biomaterials; graft polymerization; biomedical applications; surface modification

This review focuses on the attachment of polymer brushes to polymeric biomaterial substrates by chemical surface modification methods for biomedical applications. In the first part of this paper, a general introduction to the synthesis of polymer brushes is given. Thereafter, a comprehensive overvie...