Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages 2345-2352Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm800258g
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- NIH [P50 HG002806, R01 HG003582]
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We demonstrate a simple means to covalently bond DNA to both hard (i.e., glass and silicon wafers) and soft (i.e., polymeric) substrates that provides quantitative and precise control of the DNA areal density. The approach is based on spin coating an alkyne-end-functional diblock copolymer, alpha-alkyne-omega-Br-poly(tBA-b-MMA), that self-assembles on both types of substrates as an ordered monolayer and thereby directs alkyne groups to the surface. Azido-functionalized DNA is covalently linked to the alkyne functionalized substrates by means of a click reaction between azide and alkyne groups. The density of immobilized DNA can be quantitatively controlled by varying the parameters used for spin-coating the copolymer film, that is, solution concentration and rotational speed, or by varying the copolymer molecular weight. We find the yield of the DNA coupling reaction to be dependent on the nature of the polymer underlying the reactive alkyne functional groups, being higher for more hydrophilic polymers.
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