Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.29, No.24, 1937-1943, 2008
Binary Reactive/Inert Non-Fouling Polymeric Surfaces
Binary reactive/inert antifouling polymer brushes were grafted via a two step surface initiated polymerization from printed initiator monolayer and provided robust, effective polymeric surfaces for bioattachment with distinguishably reduced non-specific adsorption. This synthetic strategy can be harnessed to build complex binary polymeric structures on substrate surfaces and the polymer brush surfaces reported in the present paper can be widely used for versatile biological study.
Keywords:atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP);biocompatibility;biological applications of polymers;self-assembly;surfaces