Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 7, Issue 11, Pages 2344-2370Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/polym7111518
Keywords
responsive materials; polycarboxybetaines; carboxybetaine ester; smart polymers; polyzwitterion
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- NPRP from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation) [NPRP-6-381-1-078]
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In recent decades, the design and construction of smart materials capable of switching into a polyzwitterionic state by an external trigger have been intensively pursued. Polyzwitterionic states have unique antifouling and surface properties and external triggers, such as pH, light, ions, electric field and CO2, cause significant changes in materials with regard to overall charge, ionic strength and wettability. This survey highlights current progress in the irreversible as well as the reversible switching process involving polyzwitterionic moieties, which can, in turn, be applied to studying the interaction of various interfaces with biological species as protein, DNA, bacteria or platelets and also for advanced use.
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