title: Combining plasmachemical emulsion-templating with ATRP to create macroporous lipophilic surfaces.
abstract: Well-defined alkyl chain side group polymer brushes have been tethered onto high surface area macroporous pulsed plasmachemical emulsion-templated poly(vinylbenzyl chloride) initiator layers (typically 600-700 m2 g(-1)) using atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP). Immobilisation of phospholipids onto these bioactive surfaces is found to occur through interdigitation, and the efficacy of lipid binding is governed by the alkyl side group chain length of the polymer brushes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, England, UK.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, England, UK.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, England, UK. Electronic address: j.p.badyal@durham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: J P S
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Badyal
mesh_terms: D004655:Emulsions; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D058105:Polymerization; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D008055:Lipids
keywords: Bioactive; Emulsion-templating; Functional surface; Phospholipids; Polymer brush