Temperature-responsive polymer-brush constructed on a glass substrate by atom transfer radical polymerization. 2010

Hiromi Kitano, and Takuya Kondo, and Hisatomo Suzuki, and Kohji Ohno
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan. kitano@eng.u-toyama.ac.jp

A polymer brush of 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate (MDM) was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) using a 11-(2-bromoisobutyroyloxy)undecyl moiety-carrying initiator covalently fixed to a glass substrate. An aqueous solution of the MDM polymer (E-PMDM), which had been prepared for comparison, turned to be opaque above certain temperature (26.2 °C for E-PMDM (M(n,GPC)=1.84×10(4))), which was corresponding to the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the polymer. The PMDM polymer brush accumulated on the glass surface also indicated temperature-responsive changes in contact angle of air bubble in the air-in-water system. Furthermore, non-specific adsorption of various proteins (bovine serum albumin (BSA), human immunoglobulin G (IgG) and bovine plasma fibrinogen (BPF)) to the surface of polymer brush on the glass plate was examined by the bicinchoninic acid method. The PMDM brush did not adsorb IgG and BPF significantly below the LCST of the polymer chain, whereas adsorbed a larger amount of the proteins above the LCST. A similar but less significant temperature-responsive adsorption was observed in the case of BSA. These results suggest usability of the temperature-responsive polymer-brushes with pendent ω-methoxy oligo(ethylene glycol) groups to coat various materials for bio-medical applications.

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