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Graft Polymerization of Anti-Fouling PEO Surfaces by Liquid-Free Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition
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Graft Polymerization of Anti-Fouling PEO Surfaces by Liquid-Free Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition

Ranjita K. Bose, Siamak Nejati, David R. Stufflet and Kenneth K. S. Lau
Macromolecules, v 45(17), pp 6915-6922
11 Sep 2012

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Physical Sciences Polymer Science Science & Technology
Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), a biomedically important polymer, has been synthesized using a novel liquid-free initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) via a ring-opening cationic polymerization mechanism. In addition, a grafting scheme was used to graft polymerize PEO onto amine-terminated surfaces. FTIR, NMR, and XPS showed a stoichiometric match to linear PEO homopolymer. In addition, XPS confirmed the graft polymerization of PEO to amine anchors on silicon with a high graft density. XPS and GPC were used to measure independently the grafted polymer molecular weight that also showed a narrow weight distribution. The grafted iCVD PEO surfaces were effective in minimizing nonspecific protein adsorption using a fluorescently labeled bovine serum albumin assay.

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