Anti-Biofouling Effect of PEG-Grafted Block Copolymer Synthesized by RAFT Polymerization
- Authors
- Kim, Seon-Mi; Han, Sang Suk; Kim, A. Young; Choi, Beom-Jin; Paik, Hyun-Jong; Lee, Inwon; Park, Hyun; Chun, Ho Hwan; Cho, Youngjin; Hwang, Do-Hoon
- Issue Date
- 2015-10
- Publisher
- AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.15, no.10, pp.7866 - 7870
- Abstract
- Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-block-styrene) (PGMA-b-PS), a block copolymer consisting of glycidyl nnethacrylate and styrene, was synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer living polymerization. The synthesized PGMA-b-PS was then grafted with low-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) via epoxy ring opening to give PGMA-g-PEG-b-PS, which was evaluated as an anti-biofouling coating material. As a preliminary test for the anti-biofouling effect, a protein adsorption experiment was performed on the synthesized block copolymer surface. The block copolymers were spin-coated onto silicon wafers, and protein adsorption experiments were carried out using fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugate-labeled bovine serum albumin. The fluorescence intensity of the protein adsorbed on the block copolymer surface was compared with that of a polystyrene film as a reference. The synthesized PGMA-g-PEG-b-PS film showed much lower fluorescence intensity than that of the PS film.
- Keywords
- SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; ANTIFOULING COATINGS; FOULING PAINTS; SURFACES; STRATEGIES; POLLUTION; BIOCIDES; SHIP; TBT; Anti-Biofouling; Surface-Active Block Copolymer; RAFT Polymerization
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/124913
- DOI
- 10.1166/jnn.2015.11216
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- KIST Article > 2015
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