Acrylic monomers Adsorption Alkanes Amides Anodized aluminum oxide Atom transfer radical polymerization Atomic force microscopy Contact angle Electrochemical Techniques Free radical reactions Gold Hydrogels Hydrophilic/hydrophobic Hydrophilicity Lower critical solution temperature Mechanical properties Molecular Dynamics Simulation Molecular dynamics Molecular dynamics simulations Monomers Nanostructured hydrogels Nanostructures Nanosystems Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (pNIPAM) Stiffness Sulfhydryl Compounds Surface Properties Thermo-responsive hydrogels Topological characteristics Topology