title: Functional Reactive Polymer Electrospun Matrix.
abstract: Synthetic multifunctional electrospun composites are a new class of hybrid materials with many potential applications. However, the lack of an efficient, reactive large-area substrate has been one of the major limitations in the development of these materials as advanced functional platforms. Herein, we demonstrate the utility of electrospun poly(glycidyl methacrylate) films as a highly versatile platform for the development of functional nanostructured materials anchored to a surface. The utility of this platform as a reactive substrate is demonstrated by grafting poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) to incorporate stimuli-responsive properties. Additionally, we demonstrate that functional nanocomposites can be fabricated using this platform with properties for sensing, fluorescence imaging, and magneto-responsiveness.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Diwei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
authors.forename: Yuriy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Galabura
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Faizah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yasin
authors.affiliation: Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Peijun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Weike
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Ruhani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munshi
authors.affiliation: Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: St Pierre
authors.affiliation: Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Fiona M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fear
authors.affiliation: Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lorenser
authors.affiliation: Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.|Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zdyrko
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luzinov
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia , Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: K Swaminathan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Iyer
keywords: PGMA; electrospinning; functional materials; gas sensing; magneto-responsive scaffold; multifunctional electrospun scaffold; surface grafting; thermoresponsive scaffold