title: A Multifunctional Surface That Simultaneously Balances Hydrophilic Enzyme Catalysis and Hydrophobic Water Repellency.
abstract: The compatibility of multiple functions at a single interface is difficult to achieve, but is even more challenging when the functions directly counteract one another. This study provides insight into the creation of a simultaneously multifunctional surface formed by balancing two orthogonal functions; water repellency and enzyme catalysis. A partially fluorinated thiol is used to impart bulk hydrophobicity on the surface, and an N-hydroxysuccinimide ester-terminated thiol provides a specific anchoring sites for the covalent enzyme attachment. Different ratios of the two thiols are mixed together to form amphiphilic self-assembled monolayers, which are characterized with polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy and contact angle goniometry. The enzyme activity is measured by a fluorescence assay. With the results collected here, specific surface compositions are identified at which the orthogonal functions of water repellency and enzyme catalysis are balanced and exist simultaneously. An understanding of how to effectively balance orthogonal functions at surfaces can be extended to a number of higher-scale applications.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army-Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, 15 General Greene Avenue, Natick, MA, 01760, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army-Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, 15 General Greene Avenue, Natick, MA, 01760, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Uzarski
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army-Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, 15 General Greene Avenue, Natick, MA, 01760, USA. Shaun.F.Filocamo.civ@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Shaun F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Filocamo
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D013388:Succinimides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D013388:Succinimides; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014867:Water; D006046:Gold; C001426:N-hydroxysuccinimide
keywords: enzyme catalysis; fluorine; immobilization; self-assembly; surface chemistry