Self-assembling resists

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Amylose brushes (a layer consisting of polymer chains dangling in a solvent with one end attached to a surface is frequently referred to as a polymer brush) on spherical and planar surfaces can have several advantageous uses, such as detoxification of surfaces etc. The modification of surfaces with thin polymer films is widely used to tailor surface properties such as wettability, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, and friction [142-144]. The advantage of polymer brushes over other surface modification methods like self-assembled monolayers is their mechanical and chemical robustness, coupled with a high degree of synthetic flexibility towards the introduction of a variety of functional groups. 

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