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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 345, Issue 2, Pages 325-331Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.10.004
Keywords
Atom transfer radical polymerization; Lower critical solution temperature; Polymer-brush; Protein adsorption; Temperature-responsiveness
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [19350055]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [20106007]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19350055] Funding Source: KAKEN
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A polymer brush of 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate (MDM) was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) using a 11-(2-bromoisobutyroyloxy)undecyl moiety-carrying initiator covalently fixed to a glass substrate. An aqueous solution of the MDM polymer (E-PMDM), which had been prepared for comparison, turned to be opaque above certain temperature (26.2 degrees C for E-PMDM (M-n,M-GPC = 1.84 x 10(4))), which was corresponding to the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the polymer. The PMDM polymer brush accumulated on the glass surface also indicated temperature-responsive changes in contact angle of air bubble in the air-in-water system. Furthermore, non-specific adsorption of various proteins (bovine serum albumin (BSA), human immunoglobulin G (IgG) and bovine plasma fibrinogen (BPF)) to the surface of polymer brush on the glass plate was examined by the bicinchoninic acid method. The PMDM brush did not adsorb IgG and BPF significantly below the LCST of the polymer chain, whereas adsorbed a larger amount of the proteins above the LCST. A similar but less significant temperature-responsive adsorption was observed in the case of BSA. These results suggest usability of the temperature-responsive polymer-brushes with pendent omega-methoxy oligo(ethylene glycol) groups to coat various materials for bio-medical applications. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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