Steric stabilization (polymer-grafted)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the colloid-and-interface-chemistry subtree

Napper 1983: grafted polymer brushes on colloid prevent close approach via osmotic + entropic repulsion; PEG-coated nanoparticles stable in physiological media; non-DLVO mechanism.

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