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    Synthesis of polyurethane-g-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymers by macroiniferter and their protein resistance

    Year: 2011

    Journal: Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 1409-1414, 20120104

    Authors: Zhou G 1, Ma C 1 2, Zhang G 1 2 *

    Last authors: Guangzhao Zhang

    Organizations: 1 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China 230026 2 Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China 510640

    Country: China

    We have synthesized polyurethane (PU)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) copolymers for protein resistance. A macroiniferter consisting of polyurethane (PU) with tetraphenylethane groups is synthesized by the reaction of 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyl-1,2-ethanediol and isocyanate-terminated prepolymer with poly(tetramethylene glycol) (PTMG) segments. Such a macroiniferter initiates the polymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate to yield the target copolymer. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR) and thermal analysis confirm the structure of the copolymer. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) also shows that the introduction of PEG side chains slightly decreases the thermal stability of the polymer. By use of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), we have investigated the adsorption of fibrinogen, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and lysozyme on a PU-g-PEG surface in real time. It shows that the PU-g-PEG surface can resist protein adsorption depending on the PEG content.