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Succinimidyl Carbonate-Based Amine-Reactive Polymer Brushes: Facile Fabrication of Functional Interfaces

Gevrek, Tugce Nihal
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Degirmenci, Aysun
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Sanyal, Rana
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May 14, 2021
Acs Applied Polymer Materials

Polymeric coatings that can undergo effective functionalization with ligands and (bio)molecules necessary for intended applications are widely employed to engineer functional interfaces. Herein, amine-reactive polymer brushes are fabricated using a succinimidyl group-activated carbonate monomer, and their facile post-polymerization functionalization is demonstrated through ligand-mediated protein immobilization and detection. Copolymer brushes containing varying amounts of the reactive monomer and an ethylene glycol-based methacrylate comonomer were obtained using surface-mediated reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. Post-polymerization functionalization of the thus-obtained copolymer brushes with a fluorine-containing amine, namely, 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzylamine, demonstrated highly efficient functionalization at ambient temperature. To demonstrate possible applications, polymer brushes functionalized with a bioactive ligand, namely, biotin, were used to detect the target protein, streptavidin. The biotin-streptavidin interaction on brushes could also be employed to conjugate protein-coated quantum dots. Importantly, comparison of the attachment of 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzylamine on activated carbonate group-containing brushes with reaction of the same molecule on traditional active ester-based brushes demonstrated higher extent of conjugation to carbonate brushes. Finally, orthogonal functionalization of the copolymer brushes with an amino-functionalized molecule and a maleimide-containing fluorescent dye in spatial control using microcontact printing was demonstrated. One can envision that the facile fabrication and efficient functionalization of succinimidyl carbonate-based amine-reactive brushes afford an attractive platform for applications using functional interfaces for diagnostic purposes.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acsapm.1c00107
Web of Science ID

WOS:000651806000027

Author(s)
Gevrek, Tugce Nihal
Degirmenci, Aysun
Sanyal, Rana
Klok, Harm-Anton  
Sanyal, Amitav
Date Issued

2021-05-14

Published in
Acs Applied Polymer Materials
Volume

3

Issue

5

Start page

2507

End page

2517

Subjects

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Polymer Science

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Materials Science

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polymeric coatings

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biofunctionalization

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polymer brushes

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succinimidyl carbonate

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carbamate formation

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amine conjugation

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transfer radical polymerization

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chain transfer polymerization

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reversible-addition

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surface

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ester

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immobilization

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opportunities

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combination

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route

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