%0 journal article %@ 2051-6347 %A Wei, Q., Haag, R. %D 2015 %J Materials Horizons %N 6 %P 567-577 %R doi:10.1039/c5mh00089k %T Universal polymer coatings and their representative biomedical applications %U https://doi.org/10.1039/c5mh00089k 6 %X Universal polymer coatings have excellent potential for biomedical applications, because of their substrate-independent properties and versatile surface functionalization methods. The goal of this review is to summarize the state-of-art research on universal polymer coatings and their biomedical applications, as well as to present their common features including some general rules for their further development.