William J. Brittain

TL;DR: In this article, Boyes et al. presented a technique for the synthesis of polymer Brushes from Particle Particles (Particle Particle Grafting) and showed that it is possible to construct polymer-brushes from particle particles.

TL;DR: The methodology paves the way for further application of linear free energy relationships and physical organic methodologies to mechanochemical reactions, and the characterization of new force probes should enable additional, quantitative studies of force-coupled molecular behavior in polymeric materials.

TL;DR: Kinetic studies in water reveal a longer half-life for the cis isomer of 7 which may be one factor responsible for the better IC50 values in cell assays and the improved photoresponsive behavior.

TL;DR: The preparation and characterization of photoresponsive hydrogels prepared by cross-linking of di-NHS ester of azobenzoic acid and four-armed, amine-terminated poly(ethylene glycol), and the effect of photoisomerization on the hydrogel structure are described to demonstrate the potential of these systems as reversible photoreSponsive biomaterials.

TL;DR: This work demonstrates the preparation of DNA-enabled hydrogels that could be degraded by nucleases and has the potential to be tailored and expanded upon for use in a variety of applications where mild hydrogel preparation techniques and controlled material degradation are necessary.