title: Construction of protein-resistant pOEGMA films by helicon plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition.
abstract: This paper describes the formation of protein-resistant, poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (pOEGMA) thin films by helicon plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (helicon-PECVD). pOEGMA was successfully grafted onto a silicon substrate, as a model substrate, without any additional surface initiators, by plasma polymerization of OEGMA. The resulting pOEGMA films were characterized by ellipsometry, FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and contact angle goniometry. To investigate the protein-resistant property of the pOEGMA films, four different proteins, bovine serum albumin, fibrinogen, lysozyme and ribonuclease A, were tested as model proteins for ellipsometric measurements. The ellipsometric thickness change for all the model proteins was less than 3 A, indicating that the formed pOEGMA films are protein-resistant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and School of Molecular Science (BK21), Center for Molecular Design and Synthesis, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bong Soo
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ok Ja
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Woo Kyung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Nae-Eung
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kuk Ro
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Insung S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008689:Methacrylates; D011506:Proteins; C524499:polyethylene glycol methacrylate; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols