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Tailoring Substrate Hydrophilicity Using Grafted Polypeptide Nanocoatings

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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 67, Issue 4, Pages 598-602

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CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/CH13519

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  1. Australian Research Council [FT110100411]
  2. Australian Research Council [FT110100411] Funding Source: Australian Research Council

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Peptide nanocoatings with tailored surface-wetting properties were formed on a range of organic (cellulose and cotton) and inorganic (glass) substrates via surface-initiated ring-opening polymerization of amino acid N-carboxyanhydride derivatives. The film thickness, surface roughness, and wettability can be tuned by controlling the polymerization time and the type of N-carboxyanhydride derivative used (i.e. lysine or valine). Whereas poly(l-lysine) coatings are hydrophilic, poly(l-valine) coatings exhibit water-repellent properties. The functional polypeptide nanocoatings can potentially be applied to waterproof woven fabrics, macromolecular separation technologies, biodiagnostic sensors, and sustained drug-release wound dressings.

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