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Xia Y, Dong X, Chang H, Zhang X, Li J, Wang S, Lu Y, Yue T. Fabrication of an Antifouling Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor with Stratified Zwitterionic Peptides for Highly Efficient Detection of Peanut Allergens in Biscuits. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:11259-11267. [PMID: 38691423 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c01665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
Peanut allergen monitoring is currently an effective strategy to avoid allergic diseases, while food matrix interference is a critical challenge during detection. Here, we developed an antifouling surface plasmon resonance sensor (SPR) with stratified zwitterionic peptides, which provides both excellent antifouling and sensing properties. The antifouling performance was measured by the SPR, which showed that stratified peptide coatings showed much better protein resistance, reaching ultralow adsorption levels (<5 ng/cm2). Atomic force microscopy was used to further analyze the antifouling mechanism from a mechanical perspective, which demonstrated lower adsorption forces on hybrid peptide coatings, confirming the better antifouling performance of stratified surfaces. Moreover, the recognition of peanut allergens in biscuits was performed using an SPR with high efficiency and appropriate recovery results (98.2-112%), which verified the feasibility of this assay. Therefore, the fabrication of antifouling sensors with stratified zwitterionic peptides provides an efficient strategy for food safety inspection.
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- Yinqiang Xia
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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Yooyod M, Pinthong T, Mahasaranon S, Viyoch J, Ross S, Ross GM. Characterization and Performance Analysis of Hydrolyzed versus Non-Hydrolyzed Poly(NVF-co-HEA) Hydrogels for Cosmetic Applications. Gels 2024; 10:311. [PMID: 38786228 PMCID: PMC11120761 DOI: 10.3390/gels10050311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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This study explores the synthesis and modification of poly(N-vinylformamide-co-N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide) (poly(NVF-co-HEA)) hydrogels for cosmetic applications. Poly(NVF-co-HEA) hydrogels were produced followed by an acid hydrolysis reaction to produce poly(NVF-co-VAm-co-HEA) hydrogels, introducing poly(vinyl amine) (PVAm) into the structure. This modification considerably alters the hydrogels' properties, yielding materials with over 96% water content, predominantly in the form of non-freezing or free water, which is beneficial in the uptake and release of hydrophilic species. The primary amine groups from inclusion of VAm also improved the mechanical properties, as evidenced by an 8-fold increase in Young's modulus. The hydrogels also possessed pH-responsive behavior, which was particularly noticeable under acidic and basic conditions, where a large decrease in water content was observed (40% to 75% reduction). Characterizing the hydrogels' release capabilities involved using organic dyes of different functional groups and sizes to examine the pH impact on release. The results indicated that hydrolyzed hydrogels interacted more effectively with charged species, highlighting their suitability for pH-responsive delivery. The release of cosmetic active ingredients was also demonstrated through the controlled release of Liquid Azelaic™, specifically potassium azeloyl diglycinate (PAD). Our findings reveal that the hydrolyzed hydrogels exhibit superior burst release, especially under alkaline conditions, suggesting their suitability for cosmetic applications where controlled, pH-responsive delivery of active ingredients is desired. Overall, this investigation highlights the potential of hydrolyzed poly(NVF-co-HEA) hydrogels in cosmetic applications. Their ability to combine high water content with mechanical integrity, along with their pH-responsive release ability, allows for use in cosmetic formulations.
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- Maytinee Yooyod
- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand; (M.Y.); (T.P.)
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand; (M.Y.); (T.P.)
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand; (S.M.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand;
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand; (S.M.); (S.R.)
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand; (S.M.); (S.R.)
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Wang S, Ren K, Zhang M, Shen L, Zhou G, Ding Y, Xin Q, Luo J, Xie J, Li J. Self-Adhesive, Strong Antifouling, and Mechanically Reinforced Methacrylate Hyaluronic Acid Cross-Linked Carboxybetaine Zwitterionic Hydrogels. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:474-485. [PMID: 38114427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Hyaluronic acid and zwitterionic hydrogels are soft materials with poor mechanical properties. The unique structures and physiological properties make them attractive candidates for ideal hydrogel dressings, but the crux of lacking satisfying mechanical strengths and adhesive properties is still pendent. In this study, the physical cross-linking of dipole-dipole interactions of zwitterionic pairs was utilized to enhance the mechanical properties of hydrogels. The hydrogels have been prepared by copolymerizing methacrylate hyaluronic (HAGMA) with carboxybetaine methacrylamide (CBMAA) (the mass ratio of [HAGMA]/[CBMAA] is 2:5, 1:5, 1:10, or 1:20), obtaining HA-CB2.5, HA-CB5.0, HA-CB10.0, or HA-CB20.0 hydrogel. Therein, the HA-CB20.0 hydrogel with a high CBMAA content can generate a strong dipole-dipole interaction to form internal physical cross-links, exhibit stretchability and low elastic modulus, and withstand 99% compressive deformation and cyclic compression under strain at 90%. Moreover, the HA-CB20.0 hydrogel is adhesive to diverse substrates, including skin, glass, stainless steel, and plastic. The synergistic effect of HAGMA and CBMAA shows strong anti-biofouling, high water absorption, biodegradability under hyaluronidase, and biocompatibility.
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- Shuaibing Wang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China
- Med-X Center for Materials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China
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Wang S, Dong X, Li J, Liu J, Ruan Y, Xia Y. Design of a Facile Antifouling Sensor Based on the Synergy between an Antibody and Phase-Transited BSA. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:1004. [PMID: 38131764 PMCID: PMC10741890 DOI: 10.3390/bios13121004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Nonspecific adsorption has always been a critical challenge for sensor detection; thus, an efficient and facile approach for fabricating antifouling sensors is highly desirable. Here, we developed an antifouling coating on sensor surfaces, conveniently made with a simple drip of phase-transited BSA (PTB) followed by a modification with a peanut allergen antibody, which unexpectedly provides synergistic antifouling properties in sensors. Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to evaluate the surface evenness. Optimizations in terms of PTB modification time and concentrations were performed using surface plasmon resonance by measuring protein resistance capabilities. Compared to bare Au surfaces, the PTB-modified surfaces exhibited low adsorption against BSA (<10 ng/cm2) and good resistance against lysozyme (Lyz). After immobilizing antibodies, the antifouling performance of the sensor coatings had an obvious enhancement, with almost no BSA adsorption and low lysozyme adsorption. The target recognition was also analyzed to verify the good sensing performance of the antifouling sensor. This understanding of antibody synergy provides suggestions for the development of antifouling sensors.
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- Siqi Wang
- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China;
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (X.D.); (J.L.); (J.L.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (X.D.); (J.L.); (J.L.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (X.D.); (J.L.); (J.L.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (X.D.); (J.L.); (J.L.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (X.D.); (J.L.); (J.L.); (Y.R.)
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Gong Y, Yuan W, Zhang P, Zheng K, Zhang Q, Ding C. A tumor targeted antifouling upconversion nanoplatform for fluorescence imaging and precise photodynamic therapy triggered by NIR laser. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1274:341561. [PMID: 37455079 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been considered as a promising treatment in the biomedical field because of low toxicity to normal tissues and minor trauma area. However, the PDT effect of materials is greatly affected by many factors, such as nonspecific adsorption and poor light penetration, etc. In this work, an intelligent nano platform has been constructed based on upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) loaded with a large amount of photosensitizers Ce6, which could specifically light up tumor tissues and stimulate the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) under 980 nm near-infrared (NIR) irradiation, exhibiting a conspicuous imaging and therapeutic effect of PDT treatment for deep tumors. An excellent anti-fouling performance in complex biological substrate was obtained upon the judicious introduction of anti-fouling peptide, which also contributed to the improved PDT efficiency. In addition, the specificity of nanoplatform to malignant breast cancer cells was realized by modification of polypeptide targeting for HER2. This anti-fouling nanoplatform provided an original paradigm for the development of fluorescence imaging and PDT for deep tumor tissue with high targeting and therapeutic efficacy, promising to be used in the early therapy of malignant breast cancer specifically.
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- Yan Gong
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao, 266042, PR China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, PR China.
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Chou YN, Yang IH. Biomimic Zwitterionic Polyamide/Polyurethane Elastic Blending Fabrics. Biomimetics (Basel) 2023; 8:biomimetics8020198. [PMID: 37218784 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics8020198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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This study developed an epoxy-type biomimic zwitterionic copolymer, poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA)-poly(sulfobetaine acrylamide) (SBAA) (poly(GMA-co-SBAA)), to modify the surface of polyamide elastic fabric using a hydroxylated pretreatment zwitterionic copolymer and dip-coating method. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed successful grafting, while scanning electron microscopy revealed changes in the surface pattern. Optimization of coating conditions included controlling reaction temperature, solid concentration, molar ratio, and base catalysis. The modified fabric exhibited good biocompatibility and anti-biofouling performance, as evidenced by contact angle measurements and evaluation of protein adsorption, blood cell, and bacterial attachment. This simple, cost-effective zwitterionic modification technology has high commercial value and is a promising approach for surface modification of biomedical materials.
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- Ying-Nien Chou
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 71005, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan 71005, Taiwan
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Yooyod M, Ross S, Phewchan P, Daengmankhong J, Pinthong T, Tuancharoensri N, Mahasaranon S, Viyoch J, Ross GM. Homo- and Copolymer Hydrogels Based on N-Vinylformamide: An Investigation of the Impact of Water Structure on Controlled Release. Gels 2023; 9:gels9040333. [PMID: 37102945 PMCID: PMC10138162 DOI: 10.3390/gels9040333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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This study investigated the performance of novel hydrogels based on poly (N-vinylformamide) (PNVF), copolymers of NVF with N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide (HEA) (P(NVF-co-HEA)), and 2-carboxyethyl acrylate (CEA) (P(NVF-co-CEA)), which were synthesized by photopolymerization using a UVLED light source. The hydrogels were analyzed for important properties such as equilibrium water content (%EWC), contact angle, freezing and non-freezing water, and diffusion-based in vitro release. The results showed that PNVF had an extremely high %EWC of 94.57%, while a decreasing NVF content in the copolymer hydrogels led to a decrease in water content with a linear relationship with HEA or CEA content. Water structuring in the hydrogels showed appreciably more variance, with ratios of free to bound water differing from 16.7:1 (NVF) to 1.3:1 (CEA), corresponding to PNVF having ~67 water molecules per repeat unit. The release studies of different dye molecules followed Higuchi's model, with the amount of dye released from the hydrogels depending on the amount of free water and the structural interactions between the polymer and the molecule being released. The results suggest that PNVF copolymer hydrogels have potential for controlled drug delivery by altering the polymer composition to govern the amount and ratio of free to bound water contained in the hydrogels.
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- Maytinee Yooyod
- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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Synthesis and anti-fouling properties of zwitterionic poly(l-glutamic acid). Macromol Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13233-023-00145-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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A Soft Zwitterionic Hydrogel as Potential Coating on a Polyimide Surface to Reduce Foreign Body Reaction to Intraneural Electrodes. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27103126. [PMID: 35630604 PMCID: PMC9147366 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Invasive intraneural electrodes can control advanced neural-interfaced prostheses in human amputees. Nevertheless, in chronic implants, the progressive formation of a fibrotic capsule can gradually isolate the electrode surface from the surrounding tissue leading to loss of functionality. This is due to a nonspecific inflammatory response called foreign-body reaction (FBR). The commonly used poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based low-fouling coatings of implantable devices can be easily encapsulated and are susceptible to oxidative damage in long-term in vivo applications. Recently, sulfobetaine-based zwitterionic hydrogels have emerged as an important class of robust ultra-low fouling biomaterials, holding great potential to mitigate FBR. The aim of this proof-of-principle in vitro work was to assess whether the organic zwitterionic—poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) [poly(SBMA)]—hydrogel could be a suitable coating for Polyimide (PI)-based intraneural electrodes to reduce FBR. We first synthesized and analyzed the hydrogel through a mechanical characterization (i.e., Young’s modulus). Then, we demonstrated reduced adhesion and activation of fibrogenic and pro-inflammatory cells (i.e., human myofibroblasts and macrophages) on the hydrogel compared with PEG-coated and polystyrene surfaces using cell viability assays, confocal fluorescence microscopy and high-content analysis of oxidative stress production. Interestingly, we successfully coated PI surfaces with a thin film of the hydrogel through covalent bond and demonstrated its high hydrophilicity via water contact angle measurement. Importantly, we showed the long-term release of an anti-fibrotic drug (i.e., Everolimus) from the hydrogel. Because of the low stiffness, biocompatibility, high hydration and ultra-low fouling characteristics, our zwitterionic hydrogel could be envisioned as long-term diffusion-based delivery system for slow and controlled anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic drug release in vivo.
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Hladysh S, Oleshchuk D, Dvořáková J, Šeděnková I, Filipová M, Pobořilová Z, Pánek J, Proks V. Comparison of carboxybetaine with sulfobetaine polyaspartamides: Nonfouling properties, hydrophilicity, cytotoxicity and model nanogelation in an inverse miniemulsion. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sviatoslav Hladysh
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science Charles University in Prague Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague 6 Czech Republic
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Padmanabhan AC, Han DS, Zavahir S, Tkac J, Kasak P. Tandem Osmotic Engine Based on Hydrogel Particles with Antipolyelectrolyte and Polyelectrolyte Effect Fuelled by Both Salinity Gradient Modes. Gels 2021; 7:gels7040232. [PMID: 34940292 PMCID: PMC8701980 DOI: 10.3390/gels7040232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In this study, we propose a new approach to attain energy by salinity gradient engines with pistons based on hydrogels possessing polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects in a tandem arrangement, providing energy in each salinity gradient mode in a repeatable manner. The swelling of hydrogel with a polyelectrolyte effect and shrinking of hydrogel particles possessing an antipolyelectrolyte effect in desalinated water, and subsequent shrinking of hydrogel with polyelectrolyte and swelling of hydrogel antipolyelectrolyte effect in saline water, generate power in both increasing and decreasing salinity modes. To investigate the energy recovery, we scrutinized osmotic engine assemblies by a setup arrangement of pistons with hydrogel particles, with polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects, in tandem. The energy recovery from the tandem engine setup (calculated based on dry form for each polyelectrolyte polyacrylate-based hydrogel-SPA) and antipolyelectrolyte–sulfobetaine-based gel with methacrylate polymeric backbone-SBE) up to 581 J kg−1 and a mean power of 0.16 W kg−1 was obtained by the tandem setup of SPA and SBE hydrogel containing 3% crosslinking density and particle size of 500 microns with an external load of 3.0 kPa. Exchange of sulfobetaine with methacrylamide (SBAm), the main polymer backbone, revealed a positive increase in energy recovery of 670 J kg−1 with a mean power of 0.19 W kg−1 for the tandem system operating under the same parameters (SPA@SBAm). The energy recovery can be controlled, modulated and tuned by selecting both hydrogels with antipolyelectrolyte and polyelectrolyte effects and their performing parameters. This proof of concept provides blue energy harvesting by contributing both polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects in a single tandem setup; together with easy accessibility (diaper-based materials (SPA)) and known antibiofouling, these properties offer a robust alternative for energy harvesting.
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- Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; (A.C.P.); (D.S.H.); (S.Z.)
- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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- Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; (A.C.P.); (D.S.H.); (S.Z.)
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- Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 84538 Bratislava, Slovakia;
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- Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; (A.C.P.); (D.S.H.); (S.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +974-4403-5674
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Li C, Li M, Qi W, Su R, Yu J. Effect of Hydrophobicity and Charge Separation on the Antifouling Properties of Surface-Tethered Zwitterionic Peptides. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:8455-8462. [PMID: 34228454 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Zwitterionic peptides emerge as a class of highly effective antifouling material in a wide range of applications such as biosensors, biomedical devices, and implants. We incorporated neutral amino acid spacers with different hydrophobicities, including serine (Ser), glycine (Gly), and leucine (Leu), into zwitterionic peptides with lysine-glutamic acid repeating units and investigated the structure and antifouling performance of the zwitterionic peptide brushes by surface plasma resonance, surface force apparatus (SFA), and all-atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulation techniques. Our results demonstrate that the hydrophilicity of neutral spacers alters the structure and antifouling performance of the peptide-modified surface. Hydrophilic Ser-inserted peptides reduced the interaction between the peptide monolayer and protein foulants, while hydrophobic Leu significantly increased the protein adhesion. SFA force measurements show that the presence of more spacers would increase the adhesion between the peptide monolayer and the modeling foulant lysozyme, especially for the hydrophobic spacers. MD simulations reveal that hydrophilic Ser spacers retain the hydrophilicity of the peptide monolayer and improve the antifouling performance, and Gly spacers give rise to more interchain cross-links. Leu spacers result in a more hydrophobic peptide monolayer, which leads to dehydration of the peptide monolayer and reduces the antifouling performances.
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- Chuanxi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, PR China
- Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina, Beijing 102206, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, PR China
- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Contrary to the fact that capillary action is ubiquitous in our daily lives, its role in drug delivery has not attracted attention. Therefore, its application in medicine and disease treatment has not been actively developed. This perspective begins by reviewing the principles, advantages, and limitations of the three existing drug delivery strategies: non-covalent interaction, cavity loading, and covalent conjugation. Then, we discussed the principle of capillary action in drug delivery and the influencing factors that determine its performance. To illustrate the advantages of capillary action over existing drug delivery strategies and how the capillary action could potentially address the shortcomings of the existing drug delivery strategies, we described five examples of using capillary action to design drug delivery platforms for disease treatment: marker pen for topical and transdermal drug delivery, microneedle patch with a sponge container for pulsatile drug delivery, core-shell scaffold for sustained release of growth factors, oral bolus for insulin delivery to the esophagus, and semi-hollow floating ball for intravesical and gastroprotective drug delivery. Each of the five drug delivery platforms exhibits certain unique functions that existing drug delivery technologies cannot easily achieve, hence expected to solve specific practical medical problems that are not satisfactorily resolved. As people pay more attention to capillary action and develop more drug delivery platforms, more unique functions and characteristics of capillary action in drug delivery will be explored. Thus, capillary action could become an important choice for drug delivery systems to improve therapeutic drug efficacy, treat diseases, and improve human health.
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- Xiaosi Li
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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- School of Software, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Taicang, Jiangsu 215400, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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Van Bruggen C, Punihaole D, Keith AR, Schmitz AJ, Tolar J, Frontiera RR, Reineke TM. Quinine copolymer reporters promote efficient intracellular DNA delivery and illuminate a protein-induced unpackaging mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:32919-32928. [PMID: 33318196 PMCID: PMC7777095 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016860117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Polymeric vehicles that efficiently package and controllably release nucleic acids enable the development of safer and more efficacious strategies in genetic and polynucleotide therapies. Developing delivery platforms that endogenously monitor the molecular interactions, which facilitate binding and release of nucleic acids in cells, would aid in the rational design of more effective vectors for clinical applications. Here, we report the facile synthesis of a copolymer containing quinine and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate that effectively compacts plasmid DNA (pDNA) through electrostatic binding and intercalation. This polymer system poly(quinine-co-HEA) packages pDNA and shows exceptional cellular internalization, transgene expression, and low cytotoxicity compared to commercial controls for several human cell lines, including HeLa, HEK 293T, K562, and keratinocytes (N/TERTs). Using quinine as an endogenous reporter for pDNA intercalation, Raman imaging revealed that proteins inside cells facilitate the unpackaging of polymer-DNA complexes (polyplexes) and the release of their cargo. Our work showcases the ability of this quinine copolymer reporter to not only facilitate effective gene delivery but also enable diagnostic monitoring of polymer-pDNA binding interactions on the molecular scale via Raman imaging. The use of Raman chemical imaging in the field of gene delivery yields unprecedented insight into the unpackaging behavior of polyplexes in cells and provides a methodology to assess and design more efficient delivery vehicles for gene-based therapies.
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- Craig Van Bruggen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455;
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Chen TY, Wen TK, Dai NT, Hsu SH. Cryogel/hydrogel biomaterials and acupuncture combined to promote diabetic skin wound healing through immunomodulation. Biomaterials 2020; 269:120608. [PMID: 33388690 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Unhealed chronic wounds often deteriorate into multiple infection with several kinds of bacteria and excessive proteolytic wound exudate and remains one of the common healthcare issues. Here, the functional and antimicrobial hydrogel and cryogel biomaterials were prepared from glycol chitosan and a novel biodegradable Schiff base crosslinker difunctional polyurethane (DF-PU). The cryogel exhibited ~2730 ± 400% of water absorption with abundant macropores and 86.5 ± 1.6% of porosity formed by ice crystal as well as ~240% cell proliferation effect; while the hydrogel demonstrated considerable antimicrobial activity and biodegradability. As an optimized procedure to treat the diabetic skin wound in a rat model, the combined application of adipose stem cell-seeded cryogel/hydrogel biomaterials on the wound and acupuncture surrounding the wound may attain 90.34 ± 2.3% of wound closure and secure the formation of granulation tissue with sufficient microvessels and complete re-epithelialization in 8 days. The average increases in the superficial temperature of wounded animals after acupuncture were about 1-2 °C. Through the activation of C3a and C5a, the increased secretion of cytokines SDF-1 and TGFβ-1, as well as the down-regulation of proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β, the combined treatment of stem cell-seeded cryogel/hydrogel biomaterials and acupuncture on wounds produced synergistic immunomodulatory effects. The strategy using the combined treatment of biomaterials, stem cells, and acupuncture reveals a perspective new approach to accelerate the tissue regeneration.
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- Tsai-Yu Chen
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Wang D, Wang J, Song Z, Hui N. Highly selective and antifouling electrochemical biosensors for sensitive MicroRNA assaying based on conducting polymer polyaniline functionalized with zwitterionic peptide. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 413:543-553. [PMID: 33191454 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-03025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Ultrasensitive and low-fouling microRNA electrochemical biosensors were successfully constructed by introducing thiol-terminated antifouling molecules (peptide sequence, polyethylene glycol, or mercapto alcohol) onto the surface of polyaniline-modified electrodes. For the three kinds of antifouling materials investigated, the newly designed and synthesized peptide exhibited superior antifouling ability to others, and it could effectively reduce the nonspecific adsorption of proteins and even prevent the fouling effect of serum. Compared with microRNA biosensors without antifouling capability, or those modified with polyethylene glycol or mercapto alcohol, the biosensor modified with the designed zwitterionic peptide showed the highest specificity for single-base mismatch, three-base mismatch, and completely complementary microRNAs. Most interestingly, the experimental results indicated that the introduction of antifouling molecules to the sensing interfaces did not significantly change the sensitivity of the biosensor. The strategy of constructing antifouling biosensors based on newly synthesized zwitterionic peptides and conducting polymers can be promisingly extended to the development of other electrochemical sensors and biosensors without encountering biofouling. Graphical abstract Ultrasensitive and low-fouling microRNA electrochemical biosensors were constructed by introducing thiol-terminated antifouling molecules (peptide sequence, polyethylene glycol, or mercapto alcohol) onto the surface of polyaniline-modified electrodes. The biosensor modified with the designed zwitterionic peptide showed the highest specificity amongst four kinds of biosensors.
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- Dongwei Wang
- Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, Shandong, China
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- Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China.
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Faustino CMC, Lemos SMC, Monge N, Ribeiro IAC. A scope at antifouling strategies to prevent catheter-associated infections. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 284:102230. [PMID: 32961420 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2020.102230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The use of invasive medical devices is becoming more common nowadays, with catheters representing one of the most used medical devices. However, there is a risk of infection associated with the use of these devices, since they are made of materials that are prone to bacterial adhesion with biofilm formation, often requiring catheter removal as the only therapeutic option. Catheter-related urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are among the most common causes of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) worldwide while endotracheal intubation is responsible for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Therefore, to avoid the use of biocides due to the potential risk of bacterial resistance development, antifouling strategies aiming at the prevention of bacterial adherence and colonization of catheter surfaces represent important alternative measures. This review is focused on the main strategies that are able to modify the physical or chemical properties of biomaterials, leading to the creation of antiadhesive surfaces. The most promising approaches include coating the surfaces with hydrophilic polymers, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), poly(acrylamide) and poly(acrylates), betaine-based zwitterionic polymers and amphiphilic polymers or the use of bulk-modified poly(urethanes). Natural polysaccharides and its modifications with heparin, have also been used to improve hemocompatibility. Recently developed bioinspired techniques yielding very promising results in the prevention of bacterial adhesion and colonization of surfaces include slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) based on the superhydrophilic rim of the pitcher plant and the Sharklet topography inspired by the shark skin, which are potential candidates as surface-modifying approaches for biomedical devices. Concerning the potential application of most of these strategies in catheters, more in vivo studies and clinical trials are needed to assure their efficacy and safety for possible future use.
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- Célia M C Faustino
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Estudos Educacionais (CIED), Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Campus de Benfica do IPL, 1549-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Li C, Liu C, Li M, Xu X, Li S, Qi W, Su R, Yu J. Structures and Antifouling Properties of Self-Assembled Zwitterionic Peptide Monolayers: Effects of Peptide Charge Distributions and Divalent Cations. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:2087-2095. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chuanxi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Desalination Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Liu Y, Zhang D, Ren B, Gong X, Liu A, Chang Y, He Y, Zheng J. Computational Investigation of Antifouling Property of Polyacrylamide Brushes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:2757-2766. [PMID: 32118448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Antifouling materials and coatings have broad fundamental and practical applications. Strong hydration at polymer surfaces has been proven to be responsible for their antifouling property, but molecular details of interfacial water behaviors and their functional roles in protein resistance remain elusive. Here, we computationally studied the packing structure, surface hydration, and protein resistance of four poly(N-hydroxyalkyl acrylamide) (PAMs) brushes with different carbon spacer lengths (CSLs) using a combination of molecular mechanics (MM), Monte Carlo (MC), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The packing structure of different PAM brushes were first determined and served as a structural basis for further exploring the CSL-dependent dynamics and structure of water molecules on PAM brushes and their surface resistance ability to lysozyme protein. Upon determining an optimal packing structure of PAMs by MM and optimal protein orientation on PAMs by MC, MD simulations further revealed that poly(N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide) (pHMAA), poly(N-(2-hydroxyethyl)acrylamide) (pHEAA), and poly(N-(3-hydroxypropyl)acrylamide) (pHPAA) brushes with shorter CSLs = 1-3 possessed a much stronger binding ability to more water molecules than a poly(N-(5-hydroxypentyl)acrylamide) (pHPenAA) brush with CSL = 5. Consequently, CSL-induced strong surface hydration on pHMAA, pHEAA, and pHPAA brushes led to high surface resistance to lysozyme adsorption, in sharp contrast to lysozyme adsorption on the pHPenAA brush. Computational studies confirmed the experimental results of surface wettability and protein adsorption from surface plasmon resonance, contact angle, and sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy, highlighting that small structural variation of CSLs can greatly impact surface hydration and antifouling characteristics of antifouling surfaces, which may provide structural-based design guidelines for new and effective antifouling materials and surfaces.
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- Yonglan Liu
- Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Copley High School, Copley, Akron, Ohio 44321, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
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- Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
- Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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Wang Z, Chen K, Hua C, Guo X. Conformation Variation and Tunable Protein Adsorption through Combination of Poly(acrylic acid) and Antifouling Poly( N-(2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide) Diblock on a Particle Surface. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E566. [PMID: 32143509 PMCID: PMC7182850 DOI: 10.3390/polym12030566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Adsorption and desorption of proteins on biomaterial surfaces play a critical role in numerous biomedical applications. Spherical diblock polymer brushes (polystyrene with photoiniferter (PSV) as the core) with different block sequence, poly(acrylic acid)-b-poly(N-(2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide) (PSV@PAA-b-PHEAA) and poly(N-(2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PSV@PHEAA-b-PAA) were prepared via surface-initiated photoiniferter-mediated polymerization (SI-PIMP) and confirmed by a series of characterizations including TEM, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and elemental analysis. Both diblock polymer brushes show typical pH-dependent properties measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and Zeta potential. It is interesting to find out that conformation of PSV@PAA-b-PHEAA uniquely change with pH values, which is due to cooperation of electrostatic repulsion and steric hindrance. High-resolution turbidimetric titration was applied to explore the behavior of bovine serum albumin (BSA) binding to diblock polymer brushes, and the protein adsorption could be tuned by the existence of PHEAA as well as apparent PAA density. These studies laid a theoretical foundation for design of diblock polymer brushes and a possible application in biomedical fields.
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- Zun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; (Z.W.); (C.H.)
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; (Z.W.); (C.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; (Z.W.); (C.H.)
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Guo H, Uehara Y, Matsuda T, Kiyama R, Li L, Ahmed J, Katsuyama Y, Nonoyama T, Kurokawa T. Surface charge dominated protein absorption on hydrogels. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:1897-1907. [PMID: 31995092 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01999e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Soft tissue engineering requires antifouling materials that are biocompatible and mechanically flexible. Conventional hydrogels containing more than 70 wt% water are thus promising antifouling material candidates. However, some hydrogels are difficult to apply in internal body organs because of undesirable protein absorption on their surfaces. Due to the lack of an effective method for observing the true charge densities of hydrogels, the reason why electrostatic interactions dominate protein absorption behavior remains unclear. In this work, we adopt the microelectrode technique (MET) to study the electrical potentials of hydrogels with negative, positive, and neutral potentials and demonstrate the protein absorption behaviors on those hydrogels. The results show that MET is an effective method to obtain the surface charge densities of various hydrogels. Furthermore, the amounts of absorbed proteins on the gels were quantified with respect to the charge densities of the hydrogels. The results indicate that electrostatic absorption is quantitatively dominated by a combination of hydrogel charge density and overall protein charge. Based on the knowledge obtained in this work, the effects of hydrogel surface charges on protein absorption can be better understood. Thus, the results are expected to promote the application of hydrogels in tissue engineering.
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- Honglei Guo
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan. and Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan and School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, ZhuHai, 519082, China
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan
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- Chemistry Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, 9208, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan. and Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Laboratory of Soft & Wet Matter, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan. and Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Ji X, Wang Z, Niu S, Ding C. Non-template synthesis of porous carbon nanospheres coated with a DNA-cross-linked hydrogel for the simultaneous imaging of dual biomarkers in living cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:5271-5274. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00499e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A fluorescent nanoprobe was designed based on porous-carbon nanospheres and DNA hybrid hydrogel for the simultaneous imaging of triphosadenine and biothiol in living cells.
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- Xiaoting Ji
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- Ministry of Education
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
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Yang J, Li Y, Yu X, Sun X, Zhu L, Qin G, Dai Y, Chen Q. Tough and Conductive Dual Physically Cross-Linked Hydrogels for Wearable Sensors. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Jia Yang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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Guo S, Quintana R, Cirelli M, Toa ZSD, Arjunan Vasantha V, Kooij ES, Jańczewski D, Vancso GJ. Brush Swelling and Attachment Strength of Barnacle Adhesion Protein on Zwitterionic Polymer Films as a Function of Macromolecular Structure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:8085-8094. [PMID: 31099575 PMCID: PMC6587155 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The exceptional hydration of sulfobetaine polymer brushes and their resistance toward nonspecific protein absorption allows for the construction of thin films with excellent antibiofouling properties. In this work, swollen sulfobetaine brushes, prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization of two monomers, differentiated by the nature of the polymerizable group, are studied and compared by a liquid-cell atomic force microscopy technique and spectroscopic ellipsometry. Colloidal AFM-based force spectroscopy is employed to estimate brush grafting density and characterize nanomechanical properties in salt water. When the ionic strength-induced swelling behaviors of the two systems are compared, the differences observed on the antipolyelectrolyte response can be correlated with the stiffness variation on brush compression, likely to be promoted by solvation differences. The higher solvation of amide groups is proposed to be responsible for the lower adhesion force of the barnacle cyprid's temporary adhesive proteins. The adhesion results provide further insights into the antibiofouling activity against barnacle cyprid settlement attributed to polysulfobetaine brushes.
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- Shifeng Guo
- Institute
of Materials Research and Engineering A*STAR (Agency for Science,
Technology and Research), Innovis, #08-03, 2 Fusionpolis Way, Singapore 138634
- CAS
Key Laboratory of Human-Machine Intelligence-Synergy Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Institute
of Materials Research and Engineering A*STAR (Agency for Science,
Technology and Research), Innovis, #08-03, 2 Fusionpolis Way, Singapore 138634
- Materials
Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, MESA+
Institute for
Nanotechnology, Faculty Engineering Technology, Production Technology, and Physics of Interfaces
and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Institute
of Materials Research and Engineering A*STAR (Agency for Science,
Technology and Research), Innovis, #08-03, 2 Fusionpolis Way, Singapore 138634
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- Institute
of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong
Island, Singapore 627833
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- Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, MESA+
Institute for
Nanotechnology, Faculty Engineering Technology, Production Technology, and Physics of Interfaces
and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong
Island, Singapore 627833
- Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, MESA+
Institute for
Nanotechnology, Faculty Engineering Technology, Production Technology, and Physics of Interfaces
and Nanomaterials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Liu Y, Zhang Y, Ren B, Sun Y, He Y, Cheng F, Xu J, Zheng J. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Effect of Carbon Space Lengths on the Antifouling Properties of Hydroxyalkyl Acrylamides. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:3576-3584. [PMID: 30721070 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Surface hydration has been proposed as the key antifouling mechanism of antifouling materials. However, molecular-level details of the structure, dynamics, and interactions of interfacial water around antifouling polymers still remain elusive. In this work, using all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we studied four different acrylamides (AMs) for their interfacial water behaviors and their interactions with a protein, with special attention to the effect of carbon spacer lengths (CSLs) on the hydration properties of AMs. Collective MD simulation data revealed that although all four AMs displayed strong hydration, N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide (HMAA) and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)acrylamide (HEAA) with shorter CSLs displayed a longer residence time, slower self-diffusion, and lower coordination number of interfacial water molecules than N-(3-hydroxypropyl)acrylamide (HPAA) and N-(5-hydroxypentyl)-acrylamide (HPenAA) with longer CSLs. The shorter CSLs allow water molecules to form bridging hydrogen bonds with different hydrophilic groups in the same AM chain, thus enhancing the hydration capacity of AMs. Consequently, different from HPenAA, which had a weak but detectable interaction with the protein, HMAA, HEAA, and HPAA had almost zero interactions with the protein. This computational work provides a better fundamental understanding of the surface hydration and protein interaction of different AMs with subtle structural changes from structural, dynamic, and energy aspects at the atomic level, which hopefully will guide the design of new and effective nonfouling materials.
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- Yonglan Liu
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials and Devices College of Life Science and Chemistry , Hunan University of Technology , Zhuzhou 412007 , China
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310027 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals , Dalian University of Technology , Dalian 116024 , China
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials and Devices College of Life Science and Chemistry , Hunan University of Technology , Zhuzhou 412007 , China
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , The University of Akron , Akron , Ohio 44325 , United States
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Chen X, Qiu X, Hou M, Wu X, Dong Y, Ma Y, Yang L, Wei Y. Differences in Zwitterionic Sulfobetaine and Carboxybetaine Dextran-Based Hydrogels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:1475-1482. [PMID: 30142980 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Zwitterionic sulfobetaine (SB) and carboxybetaine (CB) have been extensively investigated for their noticeable antifouling properties. Both SB and CB have cationic and anionic groups in the molecule, but they differ in negatively charged groups. Molecular simulations have been conducted to investigate the different properties induced by structure changes. However, few studies have focused on the differences between SB and CB materials, especially zwitterionic polysaccharides. Two zwitterionic sulfobetaine and carboxybetaine dextran hydrogels were designed and used as models to compare their properties. Results showed that the equilibrium swelling ratios of the SB-DEX hydrogels were much higher than CB-DEX ones, and larger interior pores were observed in the SB-DEX hydrogels due to their higher hydrophilicity. The rheological storage modulus of the SB-DEX hydrogels was lower than that of CB-DEX ones as a result of higher water content of SB-DEX. These results were consistent with molecular modeling. Additionally, both CB-DEX and SB-DEX had remarkable biocompatibilities, and the in vitro release studies showed that the SB-DEX and CB-DEX hydrogels released DOX in a sustained manner under acidic condition (pH 5.0), indicating their promise as an effective drug-delivery system.
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- Xiaofeng Chen
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine , Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College , Tianjin 300192 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin 300072 , P. R. China
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Trel'ová D, Salgarella AR, Ricotti L, Giudetti G, Cutrone A, Šrámková P, Zahoranová A, Chorvát D, Haško D, Canale C, Micera S, Kronek J, Menciassi A, Lacík I. Soft Hydrogel Zwitterionic Coatings Minimize Fibroblast and Macrophage Adhesion on Polyimide Substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:1085-1099. [PMID: 29792034 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Minimizing the foreign body reaction to polyimide-based implanted devices plays a pivotal role in several biomedical applications. In this work, we propose materials exhibiting nonbiofouling properties and a Young's modulus reflecting that of soft human tissues. We describe the synthesis, characterization, and in vitro validation of poly(carboxybetaine) hydrogel coatings covalently attached to polyimide substrates via a photolabile 4-azidophenyl group, incorporated in poly(carboxybetaine) chains at two concentrations of 1.6 and 3.1 mol %. The presence of coatings was confirmed by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. White light interferometry was used to evaluate the coating continuity and thickness (between 3 and 6 μm under dry conditions). Confocal laser scanning microscopy allowed us to quantify the thickness of the swollen hydrogel coatings that ranged between 13 and 32 μm. The different hydrogel formulations resulted in stiffness values ranging from 2 to 19 kPa and led to different fibroblast and macrophage responses in vitro. Both cell types showed a minimum adhesion on the softest hydrogel type. In addition, both the overall macrophage activation and cytotoxicity were observed to be negligible for all of the tested material formulations. These results are a promising starting point toward future advanced implantable systems. In particular, such technology paves the way for novel neural interfaces able to minimize the fibrotic reaction, once implanted in vivo, and to maximize their long-term stability and functionality.
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- Dušana Trel'ová
- Department for Biomaterials Research , Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 845 41 Bratislava , Slovakia
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Viale R. Piaggio 34 , 56025 Pontedera ( PI ), Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Viale R. Piaggio 34 , 56025 Pontedera ( PI ), Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Viale R. Piaggio 34 , 56025 Pontedera ( PI ), Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Viale R. Piaggio 34 , 56025 Pontedera ( PI ), Italy
- SMANIA srl, via G. Volpe 12 , 56121 Pisa , Italy
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- Department for Biomaterials Research , Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 845 41 Bratislava , Slovakia
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- Department for Biomaterials Research , Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 845 41 Bratislava , Slovakia
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- International Laser Centre , Ilkovičova 3 , Bratislava 841 04 , Slovak Republic
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- International Laser Centre , Ilkovičova 3 , Bratislava 841 04 , Slovak Republic
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- Department of Physics , University of Genova , Via dodecaneso 33 , 16133 Genova , Italy
- Department of Nanophysics , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) , Via Morego 30 , 16163 Genova , Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Viale R. Piaggio 34 , 56025 Pontedera ( PI ), Italy
- Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering , Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne , 1015 , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Department for Biomaterials Research , Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 845 41 Bratislava , Slovakia
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Viale R. Piaggio 34 , 56025 Pontedera ( PI ), Italy
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- Department for Biomaterials Research , Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 845 41 Bratislava , Slovakia
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Cheung DL, Lau KHA. Atomistic Study of Zwitterionic Peptoid Antifouling Brushes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:1483-1494. [PMID: 30142978 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we study the molecular behavior and hydration properties of a set of zwitterionic "peptoid" brushes, grafted on a rutile surface, that has been previously reported to exhibit excellent resistance against protein adsorption and cell attachment. Peptoids are novel poly( N-substituted glycine) peptide mimics with the side chains attached to amide nitrogens. They constitute a unique model polymer system because hundreds of side chains have been demonstrated, and the exact chain length and sequence order of the residues/monomers may be specified in experiments. In this report, we vary the brush grafting density as well as the side chain/polymer molecular volume. We include in our study polysarcosine as an uncharged comparison with a small polymer chain cross-section. Sarcosine is the simplest peptoid residue with only a nominally hydrophobic methyl group as side chain, but is also reported to exhibit high antifouling performance. Overall, we show in detail how molecular volume and hydration effects are intertwined in a zwitterionic polymer brush. For example, the zwitterionic design significantly promotes extended chain conformations and could actually lower the overall electrostatic potential. Some properties promoted by the balanced charges, such as chain flexibility and hydration, increase more prominently at "low" to "intermediate" chain densities. These and other observations should provide insight on the molecular behavior of peptoids and inform the design of zwitterionic antifouling polymer brushes.
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- David L Cheung
- School of Chemistry , National University of Ireland Galway , Galway H91 TK33 , Ireland
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow G1 1XL , United Kingdom
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Danko M, Kroneková Z, Mrlik M, Osicka J, Bin Yousaf A, Mihálová A, Tkac J, Kasak P. Sulfobetaines Meet Carboxybetaines: Modulation of Thermo- and Ion-Responsivity, Water Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Cell Adhesion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:1391-1403. [PMID: 30134095 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A procedure for the preparation of copolymers bearing sulfobetaine and carboxybetaine methacrylic-based monomers by free-radical polymerization is described and discussed. A combination of monomers affects the upper critical solution temperature (UCST) in water and in the presence of a simple NaCl electrolyte while retaining the zwitterionic character. In addition, hydrogel samples were prepared and showed tunable water structure and mechanical properties. The total nonfreezable water content decreases with the amount of carboxybetaine segment in the hydrogel feed and the compression moduli were in a range of 0.7-1.6 MPa. Responses to external conditions such as temperature and ion strength were investigated and a potential application such as modulated thermal detection is proposed. The presence of the carboxylate group in the carboxybetaine segment enables a small fluorescence probe and peptide bearing RDG motif to be attached to polymer and hydrogel samples, respectively. The hydrogel samples functionalized with the RGD motif exhibit controlled cell adhesion. Such synthetic strategy based on combination of different zwitterionic segments offers a simple pathway for the development of zwitterionic materials with programmable properties.
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- Martin Danko
- Center for Advanced Materials , Qatar University , P.O. Box 2713, Doha , Qatar
- Polymer Institute , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 84541 Bratislava , Slovak Republic
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- Polymer Institute , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 84541 Bratislava , Slovak Republic
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- Centre of Polymer Systems, University Institute , Tomas Bata University in Zlin , Trida T, Bati 5678 , 76001 , Zlin , Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Materials , Qatar University , P.O. Box 2713, Doha , Qatar
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- Center for Advanced Materials , Qatar University , P.O. Box 2713, Doha , Qatar
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- Polymer Institute , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 84541 Bratislava , Slovak Republic
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- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry , Slovak Academy of Sciences , Dúbravská cesta 9 , 84538 Bratislava , Slovak Republic
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- Center for Advanced Materials , Qatar University , P.O. Box 2713, Doha , Qatar
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Zhang C, Lu J, Hou Y, Xiong W, Sheng K, Lu H. Investigation on the Linker Length of Synthetic Zwitterionic Polypeptides for Improved Nonfouling Surfaces. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:17463-17470. [PMID: 29737831 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Zwitterionic polymers are outstanding nonfouling materials widely used for surface modification. However, works that systematically evaluate the structure-activity relationship of the side chain linker effect with related antifouling abilities are sparse. Here, we generate a series of well-defined zwitterionic polypeptides bearing oligoethylene glycol (EG) linkers in the side chain (P(CB-EG xGlu), x = 1-3) and anchor them on gold surfaces via the grafting-to approach to compare their antifouling performances. The surface properties are characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD), variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE), static water contact angle (SCA), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). By use of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), confocal microscopy, and scanning electron microscope, our results convincingly demonstrate the excellent antifouling performance of all zwitterionic polypeptides. Importantly, the surface coated with P(CB-EG3Glu), the one with the longest EG linker, exhibits the best resistance to single protein (below the detection limit of QCM) and blood serum (∼96-98% reduction) adsorption, which largely outperforms those of the PEG positive control and the two P(CB-EG xGlu) analogues with shorter EG x linkers. The same P(CB-EG3Glu) surface also gives the highest degree of prevention of cell/platelet/bacterial attachment (∼99% reduction) among all samples tested. Together, our study highlights the linker effect to the nonfouling performance of zwitterionic polypeptides, and the results strongly support P(CB-EG3Glu) as a robust nonfouling material for numerous applications.
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- Chong Zhang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , People's Republic of China
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Suradi SS, Naemuddin NH, Hashim S, Adrus N. Impact of carboxylation and hydrolysis functionalisations on the anti-oil staining behaviour of textiles grafted with poly( N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel. RSC Adv 2018; 8:13423-13432. [PMID: 35542529 PMCID: PMC9079818 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00959g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Novel hydrogel-modified textiles have been prepared through photografting poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) onto pristine and functionalised polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surfaces. In this work, two types of functionalisation, carboxylation (CPET) and hydrolysis (HPET), were performed to scrutinise the hydrogel grafting efficiency. Basic characterisation of the pristine, functionalised and grafted textiles was carried out via fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) analyses. Then, the functional characteristics of these samples were determined based on the oil staining performance. Functionalisation of the PET textiles via hydrolysis and carboxylation gives rise to different chemical reactivity and interactions on the PET surface. Impressively, the surface formed via hydrolysis functionalisation of PET was found to be more efficient compared to that formed via carboxylation, and the untreated one. The HPET surface was remarkably more hydrophilised and rougher than both the UPET and CPET surfaces. The accessibility of the –OH groups for hydrogen abstraction from HPET has a great impact on the hydrogel grafting onto the HPET surface. All the grafted textiles (PNIPAAm-g-UPET, PNIPAAm-g-CPET and PNIPAAm-g-HPET) demonstrated anti-oil staining behaviour at 27 °C. In particular, PNIPAAm-g-HPET textiles with a high degree of grafting (DG) exhibited the fastest rate for oil to de-stain from the surface. Moreover, the reversible transition of PNIPAAm hydrogels around the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) ∼ 32 °C from hydrophilic to hydrophobic generates switchable surfaces of the textiles with regard to the oil wettability. Specifically, PNIPAAm-g-HPET textiles also displayed the highest degree of wettability switching as a result of having the highest DG. Taken together, the PNIPAAm hydrogels grafted onto PET textiles were significantly enhanced though hydrolysis functionalisation and possessed excellent switchable surfaces toward oil-staining, having great potential to be used for applications in oil and water separation as well as smart textiles. Functionalisation, especially via hydrolysis, has created efficient PNIPAAm hydrogels grafted onto PET textiles with superior anti-oil staining performance.![]()
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- Siti Samahani Suradi
- Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru Johor Malaysia
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- Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru Johor Malaysia
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- Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru Johor Malaysia
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- Department of Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru Johor Malaysia
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Surface and anti-fouling properties of a polyampholyte hydrogel grafted onto a polyethersulfone membrane. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 517:155-165. [PMID: 29421675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zwitterion polymers have anti-fouling properties; therefore, grafting new zwitterions to surfaces, particularly as hydrogels, is one of the leading research directions for preventing fouling. Specifically, polyampholytes, polymers of random mixed charged subunits with a net-electric charge, offer a synthetically easy alternative for studying new zwitterions with a broad spectrum of charged moieties. Here, a novel polyampholyte hydrogel was grafted onto the surface of polyethersulfone membrane by copolymerizing a mixture of vinylsulfonic acid (VSA) and [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (METMAC) as the negatively and positively charged monomers, respectively, using various monomer ratios in the polymerization solution, and with N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide as the crosslinker. The physicochemical, morphological and anti-fouling properties of the modified membranes were systematically investigated. Hydrophilic hydrogels were successfully grafted using monomers at different molar ratios. A thin-film zwitterion hydrogel (∼90 nm) was achieved at a 3:1 [VSA:METMAC] molar ratio in the polymerization solution. Among all examined membranes, the zwitterion polyampholyte-modified membrane demonstrated the lowest adsorption of proteins, humic acid, and sodium alginate. It also had low fouling and high flux recovery following filtration with a protein or with an extracellular polymeric substance solution. These findings suggest that this polyampholyte hydrogel is applicable as a low fouling surface coating.
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Duque-Sánchez L, Brack N, Postma A, Pigram PJ, Meagher L. Optimisation of grafting of low fouling polymers from three-dimensional scaffolds via surface-initiated Cu(0) mediated polymerisation. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:5896-5909. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01828f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Well-controlled low fouling polymers brushes were grafted from the surface of biodegradable electrospun fibres for advanced tissue engineering applications.
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- Lina Duque-Sánchez
- Centre for Materials and Surface Science and Department of Chemistry and Physics
- La Trobe University
- Melbourne
- Australia
- CSIRO Manufacturing
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- Centre for Materials and Surface Science and Department of Chemistry and Physics
- La Trobe University
- Melbourne
- Australia
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- Centre for Materials and Surface Science and Department of Chemistry and Physics
- La Trobe University
- Melbourne
- Australia
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- Monash Institute of Medical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Monash University
- Clayton
- Australia
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Schubert J, Chanana M. Coating Matters: Review on Colloidal Stability of Nanoparticles with Biocompatible Coatings in Biological Media, Living Cells and Organisms. Curr Med Chem 2018; 25:4553-4586. [PMID: 29852857 PMCID: PMC7040520 DOI: 10.2174/0929867325666180601101859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Within the last two decades, the field of nanomedicine has not developed as successfully as has widely been hoped for. The main reason for this is the immense complexity of the biological systems, including the physico-chemical properties of the biological fluids as well as the biochemistry and the physiology of living systems. The nanoparticles' physicochemical properties are also highly important. These differ profoundly from those of freshly synthesized particles when applied in biological/living systems as recent research in this field reveals. The physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles are predefined by their structural and functional design (core and coating material) and are highly affected by their interaction with the environment (temperature, pH, salt, proteins, cells). Since the coating material is the first part of the particle to come in contact with the environment, it does not only provide biocompatibility, but also defines the behavior (e.g. colloidal stability) and the fate (degradation, excretion, accumulation) of nanoparticles in the living systems. Hence, the coating matters, particularly for a nanoparticle system for biomedical applications, which has to fulfill its task in the complex environment of biological fluids, cells and organisms. In this review, we evaluate the performance of different coating materials for nanoparticles concerning their ability to provide colloidal stability in biological media and living systems.
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- Jonas Schubert
- Address correspondence to these authors at the Department of Nanostructured Materials, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Dresden, Germany and Department of Physical Chemistry II, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany;E-mails: ;
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- Address correspondence to these authors at the Department of Nanostructured Materials, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Dresden, Germany and Department of Physical Chemistry II, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany;E-mails: ;
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Yang F, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Ren B, Xu J, Zheng J. Synthesis and Characterization of Ultralow Fouling Poly(N-acryloyl-glycinamide) Brushes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:13964-13972. [PMID: 29160706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The rational design of biomaterials with antifouling properties still remains a challenge, although this is important for many bench-to-bedside applications for biomedical implants, drug delivery carriers, and marine coatings. Herein, we synthesized and characterized poly(N-acryloylglycinamide) (polyNAGA) and then grafted poly(NAGA) onto Au substrate to form polymer brushes with well-controlled film stability, wettability, and thickness using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The NAGA monomer integrates two hydrophilic amides on the side chain to enhance surface hydration, which is thought as a critical contributor to its antifouling property. The antifouling performances of poly(NAGA) brushes of different film thicknesses were then rigorously assessed and compared using protein adsorption assay from undiluted blood serum and plasma, cell-adhesive assay, and bacterial assay. The resulting poly(NAGA) brushes with a film thickness of 25-35 nm exhibited excellent in vitro antifouling ability to prevent unwanted protein adsorption (<0.3 ng/cm2) and bacterial and cell attachments up to 3 days. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations further showed that two hydrophilic amide groups can interact with water molecules strongly to form a strong hydration layer via coordinated hydrogen bonds. This confirms a positive correlation between antifouling property and surface hydration. In line with a series of polyacrylamides and polyacrylates as antifouling materials synthesized in our lab, we propose that small structural changes in the pendent groups of polymers could largely improve the antifouling capacity, which may be used as a general design rule for developing next-generation antifouling materials.
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- Fengyu Yang
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials and Devices, College of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology , Zhuzhou 412007, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials and Devices, College of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology , Zhuzhou 412007, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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Photoimmobilization of zwitterionic polymers on surfaces to reduce cell adhesion. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 500:294-303. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kuliasha CA, Finlay JA, Franco SC, Clare AS, Stafslien SJ, Brennan AB. Marine anti-biofouling efficacy of amphiphilic poly(coacrylate) grafted PDMSe: effect of graft molecular weight. BIOFOULING 2017; 33:252-267. [PMID: 28270054 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2017.1288807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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There is currently strong motivation due to ecological concerns to develop effective anti-biofouling coatings that are environmentally benign, durable, and stable for use by the maritime industry. The antifouling (AF) and fouling-release (FR) efficacy of amphiphilic, charged copolymers composed of ~52% acrylamide, ~34% acrylic acid, and ~14% methyl acrylate grafted to poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMSe) surfaces were tested against zoospores of the green alga Ulva linza and the diatom Navicula incerta. The biofouling response to molecular weight variation was analyzed for grafts ranging from ~100 to 1,400 kg mol-1, The amphiphilic coatings showed a marked improvement in the FR response, with a 55% increase in the percentage removal of diatoms and increased AF efficacy, with 92% reduction in initial attachment density of zoospores, compared to PDMSe controls. However, graft molecular weight, in the range tested, was statistically insignificant. Grafting copolymers to PDMSe embossed with the Sharklet™ microtopography did not produce enhanced AF efficacy.
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- Cary A Kuliasha
- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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- b School of Marine Science and Technology , Newcastle University , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , UK
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- b School of Marine Science and Technology , Newcastle University , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , UK
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- b School of Marine Science and Technology , Newcastle University , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , UK
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- c Office of Research and Creative Activity , North Dakota State University , Fargo , ND , USA
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- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Florida , Gainesville , FL , USA
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Cheng G, Liao M, Zhao D, Zhou J. Molecular Understanding on the Underwater Oleophobicity of Self-Assembled Monolayers: Zwitterionic versus Nonionic. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:1732-1741. [PMID: 28122450 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Molecular dynamics simulations are conducted to investigate the underwater oleophobicity of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with different head groups. Simulation results show that the order of underwater oleophobicity of SAMs is methyl < amide < oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) < ethanolamine (ETA) < hydroxyl < mixed-charged zwitterionic. The underwater-oil contact angles (OCAs) are <133° for all nonionic hydrophilic SAMs, while the mixed-charged zwitterionic SAMs are underwater superoleophobic (OCA can reach 180°). It appears that surfaces with stronger underwater oleophobicity have better antifouling performance. Further study on the effect of different alkyl ammonium ions on mixed-charged SAMs reveals that the underwater OCAs are >143.6° for all SAMs; mixed-charged SAMs containing primary alkyl ammonium ion are likely to possess the best underwater oleophobicity for its strong hydration capacity. It seems that alkyl sulfonate anion (SO3-) is more hydrophilic than alkyl trimethylammonium ion (NC3+) for the hydrophobic methyl groups on nitrogen atoms and that the hydration of SO3- in mixed-charged SAMs can be seriously blocked by NC3+. The monomer of SO3- should be slightly longer than that of NC3+ to obtain better underwater oleophobicity in NC3+-/SO3--SAMs. In addition, the underwater oleophobicity of SAMs might become worse at low grafting densities. This work systematically proves that a zwitterionic surface is more underwater oleophobic than a nonionic surface. These results will help for the design and development of superoleophobic surfaces.
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- Gang Cheng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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Soto RJ, Hall JR, Brown MD, Taylor JB, Schoenfisch MH. In Vivo Chemical Sensors: Role of Biocompatibility on Performance and Utility. Anal Chem 2017; 89:276-299. [PMID: 28105839 PMCID: PMC6773264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Robert J. Soto
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Lu A, Li C, Wu Z, Luo X. The interaction between poly(ε-caprolactone) copolymers containing sulfobetaines and proteins. Colloid Polym Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-016-3942-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhang P, Chen YP, Wang W, Shen Y, Guo JS. Surface plasmon resonance for water pollutant detection and water process analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Krumm C, Tiller JC. Antimicrobial Polymers and Surfaces – Natural Mimics or Surpassing Nature? BIO-INSPIRED POLYMERS 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/9781782626664-00490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Fighting pathogenic microbes is one of the great current challenges of mankind. Nature has developed several techniques to counteract microbial attacks. Science has also yielded several technologies, including antimicrobial polymers as biocides and polymers used for microbe killing and repelling surfaces. Recent scientific antimicrobial approaches are mimicking natural concepts. In this chapter, current developments in antimicrobial and antifouling polymers and surfaces are reviewed and discussed regarding the question whether they mimic nature or surpass it.
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- Christian Krumm
- Department of Bio- and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund Emil-Figge-Str. 66 D-44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department of Bio- and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund Emil-Figge-Str. 66 D-44227 Dortmund Germany
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Lin W, Ma G, Wu J, Chen S. Different in vitro and in vivo behaviors between Poly(carboxybetaine methacrylate) and poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate). Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 146:888-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wu J, Xiao Z, He C, Zhu J, Ma G, Wang G, Zhang H, Xiao J, Chen S. Protein diffusion characteristics in the hydrogels of poly(ethylene glycol) and zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (pSBMA). Acta Biomater 2016; 40:172-181. [PMID: 27142255 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Nonfouling materials such as neutral poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (pSBMA) are ideal biocompatible materials for drug, especially protein drug delivery. The interaction behavior of protein between the nonfouling materials could cause great impact on their future applications, such as controlled release drug delivery systems. In this work, we investigated the diffusion behavior of the fluorescence-labeled model proteins (bovine serum albumin (BSA) and lysozyme (LYZ)) in nonfouling PEG, pSBMA and mixed PEG-SBMA hydrogels (SBMA:PEG 4:1, SBMA:PEG 1:4). It was observed that these four hydrogels showed varied diffusion behavior for either negatively charged BSA or positively charged LYZ due to protein-polymer interaction and the free water content in hydrogel matrix. The relatively stronger interaction between protein-PEG than protein-pSBMA could increase protein loading efficiency and control release rate by changing ratio of PEG to SBMA in the hybrid hydrogel. Moreover, it is further demonstrated the free water (freezable water) content in low cross-linked hydrogel, not the equilibrium water content (EWC), is a more accurate parameter to reflect the diffusion behavior of protein molecules. Thus, these results together provide new insights of the interactions between protein molecules and nonfouling polymers as well as the bio applications of the nonfouling polymeric hydrogels. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE This work shows that the relative stronger interaction between protein-PEG than protein-pSBMA could increase protein loading efficiency and control release rate by the change ratio of PEG to SBMA in the hydrogel, while the free water (freezable water) content in low cross-linked hydrogel, not the equilibrium water content (EWC), is a more accurate parameter to reflect the diffusion behavior of protein molecules. The impact of this work (i) gains some new insights of the interactions between protein molecules and nonfouling polymer matrixes for protein drug delivery; (ii) prompts to apply the weak PEG-protein interactions to protein drug loading and release; (iii) provides a new fundamental understanding of free water in hydrogel for protein diffusion.
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Chen H, Yang J, Xiao S, Hu R, Bhaway SM, Vogt BD, Zhang M, Chen Q, Ma J, Chang Y, Li L, Zheng J. Salt-responsive polyzwitterionic materials for surface regeneration between switchable fouling and antifouling properties. Acta Biomater 2016; 40:62-69. [PMID: 26965396 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED Development of smart regenerative surface is a highly challenging but important task for many scientific and industrial applications. Specifically, very limited research efforts were made for surface regeneration between bio-adhesion and antifouling properties, because bioadhesion and antifouling are the two highly desirable but completely opposite properties of materials. Herein, we developed salt-responsive polymer brushes of poly(3-(1-(4-vinylbenzyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium-3-yl) propane-1-sulfonate) (polyVBIPS), which can be switched reversibly and repeatedly between protein capture/release and surface wettability in a controllable manner. PolyVBIPS brush has demonstrated its switching ability to resist both protein adsorption from 100% blood plasma/serum and bacterial attachment in multiple cycles. PolyVBIPS brush also exhibits reversible surface wettability from ∼40° to 25° between in PBS and in 1M NaCl solutions in multiple cycles. Overall, the salt-responsive behaviors of polyVBIPS brushes can be interpreted by the "anti-polyelectrolyte effect", i.e. polyVBIPS brushes adopt a collapsed chain conformation at low ionic strengths to achieve surface adhesive, but an extended chain conformation at high ionic strength to realize antifouling properties. We expect that polyVBIPS will provide a simple, robust, and promising system for the fabrication of smart surfaces with biocompatible, reliable, and regenerative properties. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Unlike many materials with "one-time switching" capability for surface regeneration, we developed a new regenerative surface of zwitterionic polymer brush, which exhibits a reversible salt-induced switching property between a biomolecule-adhesive state and a biomolecule repellent state in complex media for multiple cycles. PolyVBIPS is easily synthesized and can be straightforward coated on the surface, which provides a simple, robust, and promising system for the fabrication of smart surfaces with biocompatible, reliable, regenerative properties.
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- Hong Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA; School of Material Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA; R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan University, 200 Chung Pei Road, Chung Li, Taoyuan 32023, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA.
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Venault A, Huang WY, Hsiao SW, Chinnathambi A, Alharbi SA, Chen H, Zheng J, Chang Y. Zwitterionic Modifications for Enhancing the Antifouling Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:4113-4124. [PMID: 27044737 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The development of effective antibiofouling membranes is critical for many scientific interests and industrial applications. However, the existing available membranes often suffer from the lack of efficient, stable, and scalable antifouling modification strategy. Herein, we designed, synthesized, and characterized alternate copolymers of p(MAO-DMEA) (obtained by reaction between poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene) and N,N-dimethylenediamine) and p(MAO-DMPA) (obtained by reaction between poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene) and 3-(dimethylamino)-1-propylamine) of different carbon space length (CSL) using a ring-opening zwitterionization. We coated these copolymers on poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes using a self-assembled anchoring method. Two important design parameters-the CSL of polymers and the coating density of polymers on membrane-were extensively examined for their effects on the antifouling performance of the modified membranes using a series of protein, cell, and bacterial assays. Both zwitterionic-modified membranes with different coating densities showed improved membrane hydrophilicity, increased resistance to protein, bacteria, blood cells, and platelet adsorption. However, while p(MAO-DMEA) with two CSLs and p(MAO-DMPA) with three CSLs only differ by one single carbon between the amino and ammonium groups, such subtle structural difference between the two polymers led to the fact that the membranes self-assembled with MAO-DMEA outperformed those modified with MAO-DMPA in all aspects of surface hydration, protein and bacteria resistance, and blood biocompatibility. This work provides an important structural-based design principle: a subtle change in the CSL of polymers affects the surface and antifouling properties of the membranes. It can help to achieve the design of more effective antifouling membranes for blood contacting applications.
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- Antoine Venault
- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University , Jhong-Li, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University , Jhong-Li, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University , Jhong-Li, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University , Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- R&D Center for Membrane Technology and Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University , Jhong-Li, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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Chen H, Zhao C, Zhang M, Chen Q, Ma J, Zheng J. Molecular Understanding and Structural-Based Design of Polyacrylamides and Polyacrylates as Antifouling Materials. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:3315-3330. [PMID: 26986442 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Design and synthesis of highly bioinert and biocompatible antifouling materials are crucial for a broad range of biomedical and engineering applications. Among antifouling materials, polyacrylamides and polyacrylates have proved so promising because of cheap raw materials, ease of synthesis and applicability, and abundant functional groups. The strong surface hydration and the high surface packing density of polyacrylamides and polyacrylates are considered to be the key contributors to their antifouling property. In this article, we review our studies on the design and synthesis of a series of polyacrylamides and polyacrylates with different molecular structures. These polymers can be fabricated into different architectural forms (brushes, nanoparticles, nanogels, and hydrogels), all of which are highly resistant to the attachment of proteins, cells, and bacteria. We find that small structural changes in the polymers can lead to large enhancement in surface hydration and antifouling performance, both showing a positive correlation. This reveals a general design rule for effective antifouling materials. Furthermore, polyacrylamides and polyacrylates are readily functionalized with other bioactive compounds to achieve different new multifunctionalities.
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- Hong Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University , Jiaozuo 454003, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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Huang KT, Fang YL, Hsieh PS, Li CC, Dai NT, Huang CJ. Zwitterionic nanocomposite hydrogels as effective wound dressings. J Mater Chem B 2016; 4:4206-4215. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb00302h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine acrylamide) (pSBAA) nanocomposite hydrogels were synthesized and implemented as effective chronic wound dressings.
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- Kang-Ting Huang
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
- National Central University
- Jhong-Li
- Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
- National Central University
- Jhong-Li
- Taiwan
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Surgery
- Tri-Service General Hospital
- National Defense Medical Center
- Taipei
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Surgery
- Tri-Service General Hospital
- National Defense Medical Center
- Taipei
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Department of Surgery
- Tri-Service General Hospital
- National Defense Medical Center
- Taipei
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
- National Central University
- Jhong-Li
- Taiwan
- Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering
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Ye H, Xia Y, Liu Z, Huang R, Su R, Qi W, Wang L, He Z. Dopamine-assisted deposition and zwitteration of hyaluronic acid for the nanoscale fabrication of low-fouling surfaces. J Mater Chem B 2016; 4:4084-4091. [DOI: 10.1039/c6tb01022a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
In this study, we proposed a bioinspired approach for the deposition and zwitteration of hyaluronic acid (HA) with a reduced glutathione (GSH) to form a composite layer that functions as a low fouling coating.
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Affiliation(s)
- Huijun Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
| | - Yinqiang Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
| | - Zhiqiang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
| | - Renliang Huang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Environmental Quality Control
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
| | - Rongxin Su
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
| | - Wei Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
| | - Libing Wang
- Research Center of Hunan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
- Changsha 410001
- P. R. China
| | - Zhimin He
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
- Tianjin University
- Tianjin 300072
- P. R. China
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