Smart Polymer Sandwiches for Cells

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, Elena and Marcus unpack "'Smart' Polymer Sandwiches From Hydrogel Nanocoatings Attached to Stimuli-Responsive Grafted Brushes", published as a Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B 2025 paper. Temperature-responsive POEGMA-co-HEMA grafted brushes grown on glass; <10% HEMA adds hydroxyl handles without killing the LCST response. Part of a series covering all 575 of Prof. Volinsky's publications, one episode at a time. Paper DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.35631. Note: voices in this episode are AI-generated: Elena and Marcus.