Photo-patterning of non-fouling polymers and biomolecules on paper.

Tischer, Thomas; Rodriguez-Emmenegger, Cesar; Trouillet, Vanessa; Welle, Alexander; Schueler, Vincent; Mueller, Jan O; Goldmann, Anja S; Brynda, Eduard et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Functional cellulose substrates with tetrazole moieties are generated to serve as universal platforms for the spatio-temporal immobilization of synthetic ultra-low fouling polymer brushes and protein species via a nitrile imine-mediated tetrazole-ene cycloaddition (NITEC)-based protocol. Poly(carboxybetaine acrylamide) brushes are grafted from initiators photo-patterned by NITEC utilizing single electron transfer living radical polymerization. Streptavidin is photo-immobilized with remarkable efficiency, opening the possibility to generate new materials for biomedical and biosensing applications.

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