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ReviewJACS Au2023

Shaping the Structure and Response of Surface-Grafted Polymer Brushes via the Molecular Weight Distribution.

Jacinta C Conrad, Megan L Robertson

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Review in JACS Au, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Modulating the Swelling Behavior of Polymer Brushes via Interfacial Chemistry.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  6. Micelle-Mediated PbBrLangmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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  7. Precision Grafting-From of Diblock Copolymer Brushes on MXene Nanosheets.Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  11. Kinetically Arrested SERS-Active Aggregates for Biosensing.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  19. On the Road to Circular Polymer Brushes: Challenges and Prospects.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jacinta C ConradWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6084-4772
Megan L RobertsonWilliam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2903-3733
University of Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breadth in the molecular weight distribution is an inherent feature of synthetic polymer systems. While in the past this was typically considered as an unavoidable consequence of polymer synthesis, multiple recent studies have shown that tailoring the molecular weight distribution can alter the properties of polymer brushes grafted to surfaces. In this Perspective, we describe recent advances in synthetic methods to control the molecular weight distribution of surface-grafted polymers and highlight studies that reveal how shaping this distribution can generate novel or enhanced functionality in these materials.

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PMID36873679
PMCPMC9975839
OpenAlexW4319310868

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