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Preparation and Performance of Silica-di-Block Polymer Hybrids for BSA-Resistance Coatings

Year: 2020

Journal: Materials, Volume 13, AUG

Authors: Huang, Hongpu; Feng, Yefeng; Qu, Jia

Keywords: silica-di-block hybrids; LCST; surface properties; BSA resistance; coating

A series of tem-responsive and protein-resistance property silica-di-block polymers SiO2-g-PMMA-b-P(PEGMA) hybrids are synthesized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) and poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) by the surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The morphology in tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution, lower critical solution temperature (LCST), surface morphology, bovine serum albumin (BSA)-resistance property, and thermal stability of nanoparticles were analyzed. The results of(1)H-NMR, GPC, and TEM prove that the silica-di-block hybrids have been obtained. The silica-di-block hybrids shows the LCST (52-64 degrees C) in aqueous solution. The hybrid films casted by THF present distributed uniform granular bulges and the film surface is relatively smooth (Ra = 15.4 nm similar to 10.5 nm). The results of QCM-D showed that only a small amount of BSA protein(Delta f= 18.6 similar to 11.8 Hz) was adsorbed on the surface of the films. The result of XPS also demonstrated that only a small amount of BSA protein was absorbed onto the surface of the film (N% = 1.86). The TGA analyses indicate that the thermal decomposition temperature of hybrids is 288 degrees C. Thus, it is suggested that the hybrids are served as a suitable coating with BSA resistance property and thermal stability.