We have studied the formation and the stability of grafted block complex coacervate core micelles (C3Ms) in solution and the influence of grafted block C3M coatings on the adsorption of the proteins β-lactoglobulin, bovine serum albumin, and lysozyme.
This paper demonstrates a novel approach to assembling homogeneous molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) based on mimicking multiple hydrogen bonds between nucleotide bases by preparing acyclovir (ACV) as a template and using coatings grafted on silica supports.
The biocompatibility of the PChMa-grafted coatings was shown for cultures of granulosa cells and a non malignant bladder cancer cell (HCV29 line) culture.
When plasma was applied to the polymer surface, functional groups, graft polymerization, coatings, and molecular crosslinking formation would be introduced with or without the change in the surface roughness of the polymer.
PNIPAAm coatings have been successfully grafted via SI-ATRP on gold nanoparticles [26 28], gold nanorods [29], silica beads [30], dextran particles [31], carbon nanotubes [32] and self-assembled peptide nanotubes [33].
Mesoporous silicas from the SBA family [73] have been examined for biodiesel synthesis, and include materials grafted with sulfonic acid groups [74, 75] or SO4/ZrO2 surface coatings [76].
In both cases, when grafted to planar surfaces or spherical nanoparticles, the applied thermoresponsive polyglycerol coatings render the respective surfaces switchable.
In addition, the grafting density of these coatings can be manipulated easily, resulting in a range of physical, morphological and swelling properties ([18,26] and Fig. S1).
Using mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) coatings on polysulfone microporous membranes, active molecules with tertiary amine functionality (N,N-dimethylethylenediamine (DMDA)) were grafted via Michael addition through primary amine groups.
Cell chips grafted right into your brain?
Understanding the surface stability and crystal growth morphology of hydroxyapatite is important to comprehend bone growth and repair processes and to engineer protein adsorption, cellular adhesion and biomineralization on calcium phosphate based bone grafts and implant coatings.
