Polymer brushes are substances with a range of medical and environmental uses - environmentally friendly cleaning products, environmental remediation, minerals processing, biotechnology, sensors, drug delivery, and membranes -, but the way they behave at the nano level isn't entirely clear. Today we talk to Dr Andrew Nelson, an instrument scientist at ANSTO, Dr Isaac Gresham from UNSW, and Hayden Robertson, a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle. All three are working on research to get a better understanding of just how they can be more useful, and ultimately provide a way to predict their behaviour for real-world applications. Today’s interview is hosted by Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian.
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