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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 304-312Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201102068
Keywords
photochemistry; cellulose; grafting; surface patterning; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- German Research Council (DFG)
- Ministry of Science and Arts of the State of Baden-Wurttemberg
- Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany)
- Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), a Helmholtz Research Infrastructure at KIT
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The nitrile imine-mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition reaction (NITEC) is introduced as a powerful and versatile conjugation tool to covalently ligate macromolecules onto variable (bio)surfaces. The NITEC approach is initiated by UV irradiation and proceeds rapidly at ambient temperature yielding a highly fluorescent linkage. Initially, the formation of block copolymers by the NITEC methodology is studied to evidence its efficacy as a macromolecular conjugation tool. The grafting of polymers onto inorganic (silicon) and bioorganic (cellulose) surfaces is subsequently carried out employing the optimized reaction conditions obtained from the macromolecular ligation experiments and evidenced by surface characterization techniques, including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and FT-IR microscopy. In addition, the patterned immobilization of variable polymer chains onto profluorescent cellulose is achieved through a simple masking process during the irradiation.
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