Figure 4.

Grafting responsive polymer brushes from various surfaces and cores. A) Core‐independent approach for synthesis of responsive polymer brushes from cationic macroinitiators. Reproduced with permission.^{[ 39 ]} Copyright 2019, The Royal Society of Chemistry. B) Multishell responsive polymer brushes were initiated from disulfide ATRP initiator‐modified gold nanoparticles. Reproduced with permission.^{[ 40 ]} Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society. C) Mussel‐chemistry‐inspired approach for coating carbon materials with dense and homogenous responsive polymer brushes. Reproduced with permission.^{[ 41} , ^{42 ]} Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society.