Reversible pH-controlled switching of poly(methacrylic acid) grafts for functional biointerfaces
Responsive polymeric brushes of poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) were grafted from silicon surfaces using controlled surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The growth kinetics of PMAA was investigated with respect to the composition of the ATRP medium by grafting the polymer...
| Publié dans: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 26(2010), 22 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 17513-9 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2010
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| Accès à la collection: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Free Radicals Polymethacrylic Acids polymethacrylic acid 25087-26-7 Silicon Z4152N8IUI |
| Résumé: | Responsive polymeric brushes of poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) were grafted from silicon surfaces using controlled surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The growth kinetics of PMAA was investigated with respect to the composition of the ATRP medium by grafting the polymer in mixtures of water and methanol with different ratios. The dissociation behavior of the polymer layers was characterized by FTIR titration after incubating the polymer-grafted substrates in PBS buffer solutions with different pH values. PMAA layers show a strong pH-dependent behavior with an effective pK(a) of the bulk polymer brush of 6.5 ± 0.2, which is independent of the polymer brush thickness and methanol content of the ATRP grafting medium. The pH-induced swelling and collapse of the grafted polymer layers were quantified in real time by in situ ellipsometry in liquid environment. Switching between polymer conformations at pH values of 4 and 8 is rapid and reversible, and it is characterized by swelling factors (maximum thickness/minimum thickness) that increase with decreasing the methanol content of the SI-ATRP medium |
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| Description: | Date Completed 04.03.2011 Date Revised 21.11.2013 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la1029273 |