Facile Fabrication of Bio- and Dual-Functional Poly(2-oxazoline) Bottle-Brush Brush Surfaces

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Contributors

  • Yunhao Du - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Tao Zhang - , CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Dan Gieseler - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Maximilian Schneider - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Daniel Hafner - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Wenbo Sheng - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Wei Li - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Fred Lange - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Erik Wegener - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Ihsan Amin - , University of Amsterdam (Author)
  • Rainer Jordan - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)

Abstract

Poly(2-oxazoline)s (POx) bottle-brush brushes have excellent biocompatible and lubricious properties, which are promising for the functionalization of surfaces for biomedical devices. Herein, a facile synthesis of POx is reported which is based bottle-brush brushes (BBBs) on solid substrates. Initially, backbone brushes of poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) (PIPOx) were fabricated via surface initiated Cu-0 plate-mediated controlled radical polymerization (SI-(CuCRP)-C-0). Poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMeOx) side chains were subsequently grafted from the PIPOx backbone via living cationic ring opening polymerization (LCROP), which result in approximate to 100 % increase in brush thickness (from 58 to 110 nm). The resultant BBBs shows tunable thickness up to 300 nm and high grafting density (sigma) with 0.42 chains nm(-2). The synthetic procedure of POx BBBs can be further simplified by using SI-(CuCRP)-C-0 with POx molecular brush as macromonomer (M-n=536 g mol(-1), PDI=1.10), which results in BBBs surface up to 60 nm with well-defined molecular structure. Both procedures are significantly superior to the state-of-art approaches for the synthesis of POx BBBs, which are promising to design bio-functional surfaces.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2749-2753
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume26
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2020
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85079453917

Keywords

Keywords

  • bio-functional surfaces, bottle-brush brushes, controlled radial polymerization, poly(2-oxazolines), polymer brush, TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION, CYLINDRICAL MOLECULAR BRUSHES, PROTEIN ADSORPTION, GLYCOL), MONOLAYERS, GRADIENTS, COATINGS, ATRP