title: Integrating Sugar and Dopamine into One Polymer: Controlled Synthesis and Robust Surface Modification.
abstract: Glycopolymers attached to a surface possess the ability to bind to certain carbohydrate binding proteins in a highly specific manner, and because of this, the fabrication of glycopolymer-modified surfaces has evolved as an effective route toward bioresponsive systems. Poly(N-3,4-dihydroxybenzenethyl methacrylamide-co-2-(methacrylamido) glucopyranose) copolymers, containing sugar and catechol functionalities, are for the first time successfully prepared in a well-controlled manner via room temperature single-electron transfer initiation and propagation through radical addition fragmentation chain transfer technique. The polymerization behavior is investigated and it presents controlled features with first-order kinetics and linear relationships between molecular weights and monomer conversions. Moreover, the copolymers are used to modify different types of surfaces (silicon, steel, and plastic), the properties of the surfaces and the specific lectin-binding abilities are investigated by a combination of water contact angle, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectra, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (SEM/EDX), atomic force microscopy, and confocal microscope measurements.
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China.|State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of Soochow University, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Gaojian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D011108:Polymers; D004298:Dopamine
keywords: dopamine; glycopolymers; protein adsorption; surface modification