Year: 2011
Journal: J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 7901-7904, 20120104
Authors: Faure E 1, Lecomte P 1, Lenoir A 1, Vreuls C 2, Van De Weerdt C 2, Archambeau C 3, Martial J 2, Jérôme C 1, Duwez A-S 4, Detrembleur C 1 *
Last authors: Christophe Detrembleur
Organizations: 1 Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, B6, B-4000, Liège, Belgium. E-mail: christophe.detrembleur@ulg.ac.be 2 Centre of Biomedical Integrative Genoproteomics, University of Liège, B34 Sart-Tilman, 4000, Liège, Belgium 3 ArcelorMittal Liège Research, Bd de Colonster B57, 4000, Liège, Belgium 4 Nanochemistry and Molecular Systems (NANOCHEM), University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, B6, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
Country: Belgium
We report on the original synthesis of a poly(methacrylamide) bearing (oxidized) 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine specially designed to (i) insure film growth by covalent coupling, (ii) covalently bind an antibacterial peptide and (iii) contribute to the film cross-linking that is essential for the durability of the properties.
