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Wang J, Hu F, Sant S, Chu K, Riemer L, Damjanovic D, Kilbey SM, Klok HA. Pyroelectric Polyelectrolyte Brushes. Adv Mater 2024; 36:e2307038. [PMID: 38112160 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Piezo- and pyroelectric materials are of interest, for example, for energy harvesting applications, for the development of tactile sensors, as well as neuromorphic computing. This study reports the observation of pyro- and piezoelectricity in thin surface-attached polymer brushes containing zwitterionic and electrolytic side groups that are prepared via surface-initiated polymerization. The pyro- and piezoelectric properties of the surface-grafted polyelectrolyte brushes are found to sensitively depend on and can be tuned by variation of the counterion. The observed piezo- and pyroelectric properties reflect the structural complexity of polymer brushes, and are attributed to a complex interplay of the non-uniform segment density within these films, together with a non-uniform distribution of counterions and specific ion effects. The fabrication of thin pyroelectric films by surface-initiated polymerization is an important addition to the existing strategies toward such materials. Surface-initiated polymerization, in particular, allows for facile grafting of polar thin polymer films from a wide range of substrates via a straightforward two-step protocol that obviates the need for multistep laborious synthetic procedures or thin film deposition protocols. The ability to produce polymer brushes with piezo- and pyroelectric properties opens up new avenues of application of these materials, for example, in energy harvesting or biosensing.
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- Jian Wang
- Institut des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Institut des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Group for Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Group for Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Group for Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides, Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Institut des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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Laws TS, Ledford WK, Kurtz K, Oyanedel-Craver V, Terlier T, Tucker WC, Dickenson NC, Ramotowski TS, Kilbey SM, Stein GE. Fouling Resistance of Brush-Modified Elastomers. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 37265339 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The most effective antifouling coatings are designed to slowly release biocides that target a broad spectrum of marine organisms. However, as biocides have a deleterious effect on marine life, there is demand for environmentally friendly coatings that resist fouling through physical interactions. We propose a simple platform for the development of such coatings based on bottlebrush-modified elastomers. The bottlebrush additives were synthesized to have side chain chemistries that are known to be fouling-resistant, and these were incorporated in a commercial elastomer through blending and/or covalent attachment. The fouling performance of these coatings was highly variable, with area coverages of hard and soft foulants ranging from 1.4% to 7.2% and 29.1% to 64.0%, respectively, across a set of eight materials. The origin of these differences was explained by examining the structure of the coating surface through chemical imaging by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and topographic imaging by atomic force microscopy (AFM). We found that fouling by certain soft and hard fouling organisms was primarily influenced by surface composition, which was controlled by both the chemistry and loading level of the bottlebrush additive, and was independent of the inherent surface roughness. While no type of coating could resist all soft and hard foulants, a formulation based on a bottlebrush copolymer additive with both siloxane and fluorinated monomers was effective against nearly all organisms encountered in the study.
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- Travis S Laws
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- SIMS Lab, Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 02841, United States
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- Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 02841, United States
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- Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, Newport, Rhode Island 02841, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Ankner JF, Ashkar R, Browning JF, Charlton TR, Doucet M, Halbert CE, Islam F, Karim A, Kharlampieva E, Kilbey SM, Lin JYY, Phan MD, Smith GS, Sukhishvili SA, Thermer R, Veith GM, Watkins EB, Wilson D. Cinematic reflectometry using QIKR, the quite intense kinetics reflectometer. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:013302. [PMID: 36725568 DOI: 10.1063/5.0122279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The Quite Intense Kinetics Reflectometer (QIKR) will be a general-purpose, horizontal-sample-surface neutron reflectometer. Reflectometers measure the proportion of an incident probe beam reflected from a surface as a function of wavevector (momentum) transfer to infer the distribution and composition of matter near an interface. The unique scattering properties of neutrons make this technique especially useful in the study of soft matter, biomaterials, and materials used in energy storage. Exploiting the increased brilliance of the Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station, QIKR will collect specular and off-specular reflectivity data faster than the best existing such machines. It will often be possible to collect complete specular reflectivity curves using a single instrument setting, enabling "cinematic" operation, wherein the user turns on the instrument and "films" the sample. Samples in time-dependent environments (e.g., temperature, electrochemical, or undergoing chemical alteration) will be observed in real time, in favorable cases with frame rates as fast as 1 Hz. Cinematic data acquisition promises to make time-dependent measurements routine, with time resolution specified during post-experiment data analysis. This capability will be deployed to observe such processes as in situ polymer diffusion, battery electrode charge-discharge cycles, hysteresis loops, and membrane protein insertion into lipid layers.
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- J F Ankner
- Second Target Station Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Technologies Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Second Target Station Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Second Target Station Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Second Target Station Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Li P, Davis JL, Mays JW, Wang X, Kilbey SM. Architecture- and Composition-Controlled Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers and Binary Mixtures With Crosslinkable Components: Chain Exchange Between Block Copolymer Nanoparticles. Front Chem 2022; 10:833307. [PMID: 35281559 PMCID: PMC8906501 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.833307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chain exchange behaviors in self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) nanoparticles (NPs) at room temperature are investigated through observations of structural differences between parent and binary systems of BCP NPs with and without crosslinked domains. Pairs of linear diblock or triblock, and branched star-like polystyrene-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PS-PVP) copolymers that self-assemble in a PVP-selective mixed solvent into BCP NPs with definite differences in size and self-assembled morphology are combined by diverse mixing protocols and at different crosslinking densities to reveal the impact of chain exchange between BCP NPs. Clear structural evolution is observed by dynamic light scattering and AFM and TEM imaging, especially in a blend of triblock + star copolymer BCP NPs. The changes are ascribed to the chain motion inherent in the dynamic equilibrium, which drives the system to a new structure, even at room temperature. Chemical crosslinking of PVP corona blocks suppresses chain exchange between the BCP NPs and freezes the nanostructures at a copolymer crosslinking density (CLD) of ∼9%. This investigation of chain exchange behaviors in BCP NPs having architectural and compositional complexity and the ability to moderate chain motion through tailoring the CLD is expected to be valuable for understanding the dynamic nature of BCP self-assemblies and diversifying the self-assembled structures adopted by these systems. These efforts may guide the rational construction of novel polymer NPs for potential use, for example, as drug delivery platforms and nanoreactors.
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- Panpan Li
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Xu Wang, ; S. Michael Kilbey II,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
- *Correspondence: Xu Wang, ; S. Michael Kilbey II,
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O'Connell CE, Sabury S, Jenkins JE, Collier GS, Sumpter BG, Long BK, Kilbey SM. Highly fluorescent purine-containing conjugated copolymers with tailored optoelectronic properties. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00545j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Conjugated copolymers containing electron donor and acceptor units in their main chain have emerged as promising materials for organic electronic devices due to their tunable optoelectronic properties.
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- C. Elizabeth O'Connell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 30144, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Kinsey T, Mapesa EU, Wang W, Hong K, Mays J, Kilbey SM, Sangoro J. Effects of Asymmetric Molecular Architecture on Chain Stretching and Dynamics in Miktoarm Star Copolymers. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Thomas Kinsey
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Seibers ZD, Collier GS, Hopkins BW, Boone ES, Le TP, Gomez ED, Kilbey SM. Tuning fullerene miscibility with porphyrin-terminated P3HTs in bulk heterojunction blends. Soft Matter 2020; 16:9769-9779. [PMID: 33000857 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01244k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding and manipulating the miscibility of donor and acceptor components in the active layer morphology is important to optimize the longevity of organic photovoltaic devices and control power conversion efficiency. In pursuit of this goal, a "porphyrin-capped" poly(3-hexylthiophene) was synthesized to take advantage of strong porphyrin:fullerene intermolecular interactions that modify fullerene miscibility in the active layer. End-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) was synthesized via catalyst transfer polymerization and subsequently functionalized with a porphyrin moiety via post-polymerization modification. UV-vis spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements show that the porphyrin-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) exhibits increased intermolecular interactions with phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) in the solid state compared to unfunctionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) without sacrificing microstructure ordering that facilitates optimal charge transport properties. Additionally, differential scanning calorimetry revealed porphyrin-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) crystallization decreased only slightly (1-6%) compared to unfunctionalized poly(3-hexylthiophenes) while increasing fullerene miscibility by 55%. Preliminary organic photovoltaic device results indicate device power conversion efficiency is sensitive to additive loading levels, as evident by a slight increase in power conversion efficiency at low additive loading levels but a continuous decrease with increased loading levels. While the increased fullerene miscibility is not balanced with significant increases in power conversion efficiency, this approach suggests that integrating non-bonded interaction potentials is a useful pathway for manipulating the morphology of the bulk heterojunction thin film, and porphyrin-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophenes) may be useful additives in that regard.
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- Zach D Seibers
- Department of Energy Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles based on a reactive block copolymers (BCPs) of poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) (PEG-b-PVDMA) have been fabricated for loading and controlled release of molecular cargoes. Microphase segregation of PEG-b-PVDMA BCPs enables the construction of well-defined nanoparticles in aqueous solutions. The azlactone groups in VDMA repeat units offer active sites for hydrophilization of the BCPs and functionalization by primary amines. The hydrophilization of PEG-b-PVDMA BCPs induces gradual reconstruction and dissociation of the BCP nanoparticles. Functional primary amines can be conjugated to PEG-b-PVDMA BCPs, yielding azobenzene- and pyridine-containing BCPs. The self-assembled nanoparticles made from the functionalized BCPs can disassemble in response to different external stimuli (e.g., addition of β-cyclodextrin and pH changes). The gradual reconstruction of functionalized PEG-b-PVDMA BCP nanoparticles caused by hydrolysis of residual azlactone groups provides a novel method to engineer sub-50 nm, well-dispersed, stimuli-responsive nanoparticles. These nanoparticles can incorporate molecular cargoes and release them upon external stimuli, making the azlactone-containing BCPs attractive platforms for the development of controlled delivery vehicles.
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- Liangying Jia
- National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, China
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Mapesa EU, Street DP, Heres MF, Kilbey SM, Sangoro J. Wetting and Chain Packing across Interfacial Zones Affect Distribution of Relaxations in Polymer and Polymer-Grafted Nanocomposites. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Emmanuel U. Mapesa
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Coote JP, Kinsey T, Street DP, Kilbey SM, Sangoro JR, Stein GE. Surface-Induced Ordering Depresses Through-Film Ionic Conductivity in Lamellar Block Copolymer Electrolytes. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:565-570. [PMID: 35648487 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lamellar block copolymers based on polymeric ionic liquids (PILs) show promise as electrolytes in electrochemical devices. However, these systems often display structural anisotropy that depresses the through-film ionic conductivity. This work hypothesizes that structural anisotropy is a consequence of surface-induced ordering, where preferential adsorption of one block at the electrode drives a short-range stacking of the lamellae. This point was examined with lamellar diblock copolymers of polystyrene (PS) and poly(1-(2-acryloyloxyethyl)-3-butylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide) (PIL). The bulk PS-PIL structure was comprised of randomly oriented lamellar grains. However, in thin PS-PIL films (100-400 nm), the lamellae were stacked normal to the plane of the film, and islands/holes were observed when the as-prepared film thickness was incommensurate with the natural lamellar periodicity. Both of these attributes are well-known consequences of preferential wetting at surfaces. The ionic conductivity of thick PS-PIL films (50-100 μm) was approximately 20× higher in the in-plane direction than in the through-plane direction, consistent with a mixed structure comprised of randomly oriented lamellae throughout the interior of the film and highly oriented lamellae at the electrode surface. Therefore, to fully optimize the performance of a block copolymer electrolyte, it is important to consider the effects of surface interactions on the ordering of domains.
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Sabury S, Adams TJ, Kocherga M, Kilbey SM, Walter MG. Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of benzodithiophene-based conjugated polymers with hydrogen bonding nucleobase side chain functionality. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00972e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nucleobase functionalities in conjugated, alternating copolymers participate in interbase hydrogen bonding, which promotes molecular assembly and organization in thin films and enhances optical and electronic properties.
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- Sina Sabury
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Tennessee – Knoxville
- Knoxville
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- Charlotte
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- Charlotte
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Tennessee – Knoxville
- Knoxville
- USA
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- Charlotte
- USA
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Sabury S, Collier GS, Ericson MN, Kilbey SM. Synthesis of a soluble adenine-functionalized polythiophene through direct arylation polymerization and its fluorescence responsive behavior. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py01142k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An adenine-functionalized polythiophene is synthesized via direct arylation polymerization using Boc-protection to overcome catalyst deactivation. The resulting copolymer is highly soluble and shows reversible fluorescence quenching.
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- Sina Sabury
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Tennessee
- Knoxville
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Tennessee
- Knoxville
- USA
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Tennessee
- Knoxville
- USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Street DP, Ledford WK, Allison AA, Patterson S, Pickel DL, Lokitz BS, Messman JM, Kilbey SM. Self-Complementary Multiple Hydrogen-Bonding Additives Enhance Thermomechanical Properties of 3D-Printed PMMA Structures. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, United States
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- Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri 64147, United States
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- Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri 64147, United States
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Street DP, Mah AH, Patterson S, Pickel DL, Bergman JA, Stein GE, Messman JM, Kilbey SM. Interfacial interactions in PMMA/silica nanocomposites enhance the performance of parts created by Fused Filament Fabrication. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lee Y, Aplan MP, Seibers ZD, Xie R, Culp TE, Wang C, Hexemer A, Kilbey SM, Wang Q, Gomez ED. Random Copolymers Allow Control of Crystallization and Microphase Separation in Fully Conjugated Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Youngmin Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Ramirez R, Woodcock J, Kilbey SM. ARGET-ATRP synthesis and swelling response of compositionally varied poly(methacrylic acid-co-N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) polyampholyte brushes. Soft Matter 2018; 14:6290-6302. [PMID: 30014055 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00882e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Modifying the composition of polyampholytes, which are comprised of charge-positive and charge-negative repeat units, directly contributes to trade-offs between charge and structure, which are externally regulated by solution pH and added salt. Here, the relative ratio of anionic and cationic comonomers is varied to tailor the stimuli-responsiveness of poly(methacrylic acid-co-N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (P(MAA-co-DEAEMA)) brushes to changes in solution pH and an added zwitterion. These systems display a strong dependence on excess repeating units of either type and the random incorporation appears to facilitate self-neutralization of charges. Pseudo-living growth with smooth comonomer incorporation is achieved using activators regenerated by electron transfer atom transfer radical polymerization (ARGET ATRP), creating well-defined brushes. In situ ellipsometry measurements of solvated brush thickness indicate that at low and high pH, the brushes display polyelectrolyte behavior with a strong compositional dependence, but at intermediate pH values, the brushes show the characteristic collapse attributed to self-neutralization of polyampholytes. The polyampholyte brushes maintain these patterns of behavior across all compositions and in the presence of an added zwitterion, which contributes additional hydrophobic character as evidenced by decreases in the swollen layer thicknesses. The response of the P(MAA-co-DEAEMA) brushes to the organic osmolyte betaine is consistent with its tendency to stabilize proteins and peptides in a kosmotropic fashion. These studies add perspective to efforts to manipulate sequence in polyampholytic polymers, support broader efforts to tailor interfacial soft films for applications in biotechnology and sensing, and understand aggregation and stability of biological polymers.
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- Rachel Ramirez
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA.
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Aden B, Street DP, Hopkins BW, Lokitz BS, Kilbey SM. Tailoring Surface Properties through in Situ Functionality Gradients in Reactively Modified Poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethyl azlactone) Thin Films. Langmuir 2018; 34:5204-5213. [PMID: 29693402 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Generating physical or chemical gradients in thin-film scaffolds is an efficient approach for screening and optimizing an interfacial structure or chemical functionality to create tailored surfaces that are useful because of their wetting, antifouling, or barrier properties. The relationship between the structure of poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethyl azlactone) (PVDMA) brushes created by the preferential assembly of poly(glycidyl methacrylate)- block-PVDMA diblock copolymers and the ability to chemically modify the PVDMA chains in situ to create a gradient in functionality are examined to investigate how the extent of functionalization affects the interfacial and surface properties. The introduction of a chemical gradient by controlled immersion allows reactive modification to generate position-dependent properties that are assessed by ellipsometry, attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, and atomic force microscopy imaging. After functionalization of the azlactone rings with n-alkyl amines, ellipsometry confirms an increase in thickness and contact angle measurements support an increase in hydrophobicity along the substrate. These results are used to establish relationships between layer thickness, reaction time, position, and the extent of functionalization and demonstrate that gradual immersion into the functionalizing solution results in a linear change in chemical functionality along the surface. These findings broadly support efforts to produce tailored surfaces by in situ chemical modification, having application as tailored membranes, protein resistant surfaces, or sensors.
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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Wang X, Davis JL, Aden BM, Lokitz BS, Kilbey SM. Versatile Synthesis of Amine-Reactive Microgels by Self-Assembly of Azlactone-Containing Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Xu Wang
- National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Seibers ZD, Le TP, Lee Y, Gomez ED, Kilbey SM. Impact of Low Molecular Weight Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s as Additives in Organic Photovoltaic Devices. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:2752-2761. [PMID: 29309125 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b13078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Despite tremendous progress in using additives to enhance the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices, significant challenges remain in controlling the microstructure of the active layer, such as at internal donor-acceptor interfaces. Here, we demonstrate that the addition of low molecular weight poly(3-hexylthiophene)s (low-MW P3HT) to the P3HT/fullerene active layer increases device performance up to 36% over an unmodified control device. Low MW P3HT chains ranging in size from 1.6 to 8.0 kg/mol are blended with 77.5 kg/mol P3HT chains and [6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) fullerenes while keeping P3HT/PCBM ratio constant. Optimal photovoltaic device performance increases are obtained for each additive when incorporated into the bulk heterojunction blend at loading levels that are dependent upon additive MW. Small-angle X-ray scattering and energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy imaging reveal that domain sizes are approximately invariant at low loading levels of the low-MW P3HT additive, and wide-angle X-ray scattering suggests that P3HT crystallinity is unaffected by these additives. These results suggest that oligomeric P3HTs compatibilize donor-acceptor interfaces at low loading levels but coarsen domain structures at higher loading levels and they are consistent with recent simulations results. Although results are specific to the P3HT/PCBM system, the notion that low molecular weight additives can enhance photovoltaic device performance generally provides a new opportunity for improving device performance and operating lifetimes.
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- Zach D Seibers
- Department of Energy Science & Engineering and ‡Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee at Knoxville , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ∥Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering and ‡Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee at Knoxville , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ∥Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering and ‡Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee at Knoxville , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ∥Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering and ‡Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee at Knoxville , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ∥Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Energy Science & Engineering and ‡Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Tennessee at Knoxville , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and ∥Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Ahn SK, Nam J, Zhu J, Lee E, Michael Kilbey S. Solution self-assembly of poly(3-hexylthiophene)–poly(lactide) brush copolymers: impact of side chain arrangement. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py00627j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Solution self-assembly of P3HT-containing copolymers was tailored effectively via bottlebrush architecture, particularly by tuning its side chain arrangement as well as copolymer composition.
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- Suk-kyun Ahn
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Pusan National University
- Busan
- Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology
- Chungnam National University
- Daejeon 34134
- Republic of Korea
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge
- USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
- Gwangju 61005
- Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- University of Tennessee
- Knoxville
- USA
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Ahn SK, Carrillo JMY, Keum JK, Chen J, Uhrig D, Lokitz BS, Sumpter BG, Michael Kilbey S. Nanoporous poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin film structures from self-organization of a tunable molecular bottlebrush scaffold. Nanoscale 2017; 9:7071-7080. [PMID: 28422265 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00015d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The ability to widely tune the design of macromolecular bottlebrushes provides access to self-assembled nanostructures formed by microphase segregation in melt, thin film and solution that depart from structures adopted by simple linear copolymers. A series of random bottlebrush copolymers containing poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(d,l-lactide) (PLA) side chains grafted on a poly(norbornene) backbone were synthesized via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) using the grafting through approach. P3HT side chains induce a physical aggregation of the bottlebrush copolymers upon solvent removal by vacuum drying, primarily driven by attractive π-π interactions; however, the amount of aggregation can be controlled by adjusting side chain composition or by adding linear P3HT chains to the bottlebrush copolymers. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations reveal that linear P3HT chains preferentially associate with P3HT side chains of bottlebrush copolymers, which tends to reduce the aggregation. The nanoscale morphology of microphase segregated thin films created by casting P3HT-PLA random bottlebrush copolymers is highly dependent on the composition of P3HT and PLA side chains, while domain spacing of nanostructures is mainly determined by the length of the side chains. The selective removal of PLA side chains under alkaline conditions generates nanoporous P3HT structures that can be tuned by manipulating molecular design of the bottlebrush scaffold, which is affected by molecular weight and grafting density of the side chains, and their sequence. The ability to exploit the unusual architecture of bottlebrushes to fabricate tunable nanoporous P3HT thin film structures may be a useful way to design templates for optoelectronic applications or membranes for separations.
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- Suk-Kyun Ahn
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Aden B, Kite CM, Hopkins BW, Zetterberg A, Lokitz BS, Ankner JF, Kilbey SM. Assessing Chemical Transformation of Reactive, Interfacial Thin Films Made of End-Tethered Poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethyl azlactone) (PVDMA) Chains. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Bethany Aden
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Weeks CA, Aden B, Kilbey SM, Janorkar AV. Synthesis and Characterization of an Array of Elastin-like Polypeptide–Polyelectrolyte Conjugates with Varying Chemistries and Amine Content for Biomedical Applications. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2016; 2:2196-2206. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- C. Andrew Weeks
- Department
of Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, United States
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, 322 Buehler Hall, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, 322 Buehler Hall, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, United States
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Weeks CA, Aden B, Zhang J, Singh A, Hickey RD, Kilbey SM, Nyberg SL, Janorkar AV. Effect of amine content and chemistry on long-term, three-dimensional hepatocyte spheroid culture atop aminated elastin-like polypeptide coatings. J Biomed Mater Res A 2016; 105:377-388. [PMID: 27648820 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Culture conditions that induce hepatic spheroidal aggregates sustain liver cells with metabolism that mimics in vivo hepatocytes. Here we present an array of elastin-like polypeptide conjugate coating materials (Aminated-ELPs) that are biocompatible, have spheroid-forming capacity, can be coated atop traditional culture surfaces, and maintain structural integrity while ensuring adherence of spheroids over long culture period. The Aminated-ELPs were synthesized either by direct conjugation of ELP and various polyelectrolytes or by conjugating both ELP and various small electrolytes to the reactive polymer poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethyl azlactone) (PVDMA). Spheroid morphology, cellular metabolic function, and liver-specific gene expression over the long-term, 20-day culture period were assessed through optical microscopy, measurement of total protein content and albumin and urea production, and quantitative real-time (qRT) PCR. We found that the amine content of the Aminated-ELP coatings dictated the initial hepatocyte attachment, but not the subsequent hepatocyte spheroid formation and their continued attachment. A lower amine content was generally found to sustain higher albumin production by the spheroids. Out of the 19 Aminated-ELP coatings tested, we found that the lysine-containing substrates comprising ELP-polylysine or ELP-PVDMA-butanediamine proved to consistently culture productive spheroidal hepatocytes. We suggest that the incorporation of lysine functional groups in Aminated-ELP rendered more biocompatible surfaces, increasing spheroid attachment and leading to increased liver-specific function. Taken together, the Aminated-ELP array presented here has the potential to create in vitro hepatocyte culture models that mimic in vivo liver functionality and thus, lead to better understanding of liver pathophysiology and superior screening methods for drug efficacy and toxicity. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 105A: 377-388, 2017.
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- C Andrew Weeks
- Department of Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216
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- Departments of Chemistry & Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, 322 Buehler Hall, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
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- Departments of Chemistry & Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, 322 Buehler Hall, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
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- Department of Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 39216
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Carrillo JMY, Seibers Z, Kumar R, Matheson MA, Ankner JF, Goswami M, Bhaskaran-Nair K, Shelton WA, Sumpter BG, Kilbey SM. Petascale Simulations of the Morphology and the Molecular Interface of Bulk Heterojunctions. ACS Nano 2016; 10:7008-22. [PMID: 27299676 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b03009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Understanding how additives interact and segregate within bulk heterojunction (BHJ) thin films is critical for exercising control over structure at multiple length scales and delivering improvements in photovoltaic performance. The morphological evolution of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blends that are commensurate with the size of a BHJ thin film is examined using petascale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. Comparisons between two-component and three-component systems containing short P3HT chains as additives undergoing thermal annealing demonstrate that the short chains alter the morphology in apparently useful ways: they efficiently migrate to the P3HT/PCBM interface, increasing the P3HT domain size and interfacial area. Simulation results agree with depth profiles determined from neutron reflectometry measurements that reveal PCBM enrichment near substrate and air interfaces but a decrease in that PCBM enrichment when a small amount of short P3HT chains are integrated into the BHJ blend. Atomistic simulations of the P3HT/PCBM blend interfaces show a nonmonotonic dependence of the interfacial thickness as a function of number of repeat units in the oligomeric P3HT additive, and the thiophene rings orient parallel to the interfacial plane as they approach the PCBM domain. Using the nanoscale geometries of the P3HT oligomers, LUMO and HOMO energy levels calculated by density functional theory are found to be invariant across the donor/acceptor interface. These connections between additives, processing, and morphology at all length scales are generally useful for efforts to improve device performance.
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- Jan-Michael Y Carrillo
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ‡Computer Science and Mathematics Division, §National Center for Computational Sciences, and ∥Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Energy Science and Engineering and @Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Center for Computation and Technology and #Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Tamaddoni N, Taylor G, Hepburn T, Michael Kilbey S, Sarles SA. Reversible, voltage-activated formation of biomimetic membranes between triblock copolymer-coated aqueous droplets in good solvents. Soft Matter 2016; 12:5096-5109. [PMID: 27174295 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00400h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Biomimetic membranes assembled from block copolymers attract considerable interest because they exhibit greater stability and longetivity compared to lipid bilayers, and some enable the reconstitution of functional transmembrane biomolecules. Yet to-date, block copolymer membranes have not been achieved using the droplet interface bilayer (DIB) method, which uniquely allows assembling single- and multi-membrane networks between water droplets in oil. Herein, we investigate the formation of poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(dimethyl siloxane)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer-stabilized interfaces (CSIs) between polymer-coated aqueous droplets in solutions comprising combinations of decane, hexadecane and AR20 silicone oil. We demonstrate that triblock-coated droplets do not spontaneously adhere in these oils because all are thermodynamically good solvents for the hydrophobic PDMS middle block. However, thinned planar membranes are reversibly formed at the interface between droplets upon the application of a sufficient transmembrane voltage, which removes excess solvent from between droplets through electrocompression. At applied voltages above the threshold required to initiate membrane thinning, electrowetting causes the area of the CSI between droplets to increase while thickness remains constant; the CSI electrowetting response is similar to that encountered with lipid-based DIBs. In combination, these results reveal that stable membranes can be assembled in a manner that is completely reversible when an external pressure is used to overcome a barrier to adhesion caused by solvent-chain interactions, and they demonstrate new capability for connecting and disconnecting aqueous droplets via polymer-stabilized membranes.
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- Nima Tamaddoni
- Dept. of Mech., Aero. and Biomed. Engr., 1512 Middle Dr. 414 Dougherty Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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Collier GS, Brown LA, Boone ES, Long BK, Kilbey SM. Synthesis of Main Chain Purine-Based Copolymers and Effects of Monomer Design on Thermal and Optical Properties. ACS Macro Lett 2016; 5:682-687. [PMID: 35614655 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ability to incorporate diverse monomeric building blocks enables the development of advanced polymeric materials possessing a wide range of properties that suits them for myriad applications. Herein, that synthetic toolbox is expanded through the first report of purine-based copolymers in which purines are incorporated directly into the polymer main chain. Stille cross-coupling of dibromopurine monomers with benzodithiophene (BDT) comonomers is used to generate these "poly(purine)s", and variations in the substitution pattern of the purine monomer and BDT side-chains provides insight into the role of monomer design on their resultant thermal and photophysical properties. Specifically, thermal analyses show that poly(purine)s exhibit high thermal stability and high glass transition temperatures depending on the BDT side-chain substituents and substitution pattern of the purine-derived comonomer. Furthermore, optical properties measured via UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopies show dependence on monomer substitution pattern. These findings demonstrate the viability of synthesizing poly(purine)s via metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions and highlight the potential to tailor poly(purine) properties via simple alterations of comonomers.
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- Graham S. Collier
- Departments of †Chemistry and ‡Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Departments of †Chemistry and ‡Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Departments of †Chemistry and ‡Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Departments of †Chemistry and ‡Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Departments of †Chemistry and ‡Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Desseaux S, Hinestrosa JP, Schüwer N, Lokitz BS, Ankner JF, Kilbey SM, Voitchovsky K, Klok HA. Swelling Behavior and Nanomechanical Properties of (Peptide-Modified) Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) Brushes. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Solenne Desseaux
- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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- Institut
des Matériaux et Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Davis JL, Wang X, Bornani K, Hinestrosa JP, Mays JW, Kilbey SM. Solution Properties of Architecturally Complex Multiarm Star Diblock Copolymers in a Nonselective and Selective Solvent for the Inner Block. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jesse L. Davis
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Mahalik JP, Yang Y, Deodhar C, Ankner JF, Lokitz BS, Kilbey SM, Sumpter BG, Kumar R. Monomer volume fraction profiles in pH responsive planar polyelectrolyte brushes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.24008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- J. P. Mahalik
- Computer Science and Mathematics Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
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- Denison University; Granville Ohio 43023
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Tennessee; Knoxville Tennessee 37996
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- Spallation Neutron Source; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Tennessee; Knoxville Tennessee 37996
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- Computer Science and Mathematics Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
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- Computer Science and Mathematics Division; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831
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Barkakaty B, Browning KL, Sumpter B, Uhrig D, Karpisova I, Harman KW, Ivanov I, Hensley DK, Messman JM, Kilbey SM, Lokitz BS. Amidine-Functionalized Poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) for Selective and Efficient CO2 Fixing. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Balaka Barkakaty
- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department
of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics
and Informatics, Comenius University, 84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Bornani K, Wang X, Davis JL, Wang X, Wang W, Hinestrosa JP, Mays JW, Kilbey SM. Impact of chain microstructure on solution and thin film self-assembly of PCHD-based semi-flexible/flexible diblock copolymers. Soft Matter 2015; 11:6509-6519. [PMID: 26186404 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01245g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Self-assembly of semi-flexible/flexible block copolymers in a selective solvent is examined using a set of diblock copolymers where the chain microstructure of the semi-flexible block is manipulated in order to tune chain stiffness. Conceptually, the reduced conformational space of the semi-flexible block is anticipated to alter the way the chains pack, potentially changing the structure of self-assembled aggregates in comparison to flexible diblock copolymer analogs. Semi-flexible/flexible diblock copolymers comprised of poly(styrene)-block-poly(1,3-cyclohexadiene) (PS-b-PCHD) having systematic changes in chain microstructure, as captured by the ratio of 1,4/1,2-linkages between cyclohexenyl repeat units, and molecular weight of the PCHD blocks were synthesized using anionic polymerization. These diblocks were dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (THF), which is a preferential solvent for PS, and the structures formed were examined using laser light scattering and complementary imaging techniques. Results show that PS-b-PCHD copolymers with a chain microstructure of 90% 1,4/10% 1,2 linkages between cyclohexenyl repeat units (referred to simply as 90/10) are able to micellize, forming spherical structures, while diblocks of 70/30 and 50/50 1,4-to-1,2 ratios remain as single chains and ill-defined aggregates, respectively, when dissolved in THF. With inferences drawn from simple structural models, we speculate that this self-assembly behavior arises due to the change in the chain configuration with increasing content of 1,2-links in the backbone. This renders the chain with higher 1,2 content incapable of swelling in response to solvent and unable to pack into well-defined self-assembled structures.
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- Kamlesh Bornani
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Kroning A, Furchner A, Aulich D, Bittrich E, Rauch S, Uhlmann P, Eichhorn KJ, Seeber M, Luzinov I, Kilbey SM, Lokitz BS, Minko S, Hinrichs K. In Situ Infrared Ellipsometry for Protein Adsorption Studies on Ultrathin Smart Polymer Brushes in Aqueous Environment. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:12430-12439. [PMID: 25668395 DOI: 10.1021/am5075997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The protein-adsorbing and -repelling properties of various smart nanometer-thin polymer brushes containing poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(acrylic acid) with high potential for biosensing and biomedical applications are studied by in situ infrared-spectroscopic ellipsometry (IRSE). IRSE is a highly sensitive nondestructive technique that allows protein adsorption on polymer brushes to be investigated in an aqueous environment as external stimuli, such as temperature and pH, are varied. These changes are relevant to conditions for regulation of protein adsorption and desorption for biotechnology, biocatalysis, and bioanalytical applications. Here brushes are used as model surfaces for controlling protein adsorption of human serum albumin and human fibrinogen. The important finding of this work is that IRSE in the in situ experiments in protein solutions can distinguish between contributions of polymer brushes and proteins. The vibrational bands of the polymers provide insights into the hydration state of the brushes, whereas the protein-specific amide bands are related to changes of the protein secondary structure.
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- Annika Kroning
- ‡Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e. V., Schwarzschildstraße 8, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- ‡Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e. V., Schwarzschildstraße 8, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- ‡Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e. V., Schwarzschildstraße 8, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- §Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- §Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- §Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- §Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- ⊥School of Materials Science and Engineering Clemson University, 161 Sirrine Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0971, United States
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- ⊥School of Materials Science and Engineering Clemson University, 161 Sirrine Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0971, United States
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- ∥Departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- #Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- ∇Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- ‡Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e. V., Schwarzschildstraße 8, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Shen Y, Desseaux S, Aden B, Lokitz BS, Kilbey SM, Li Z, Klok HA. Shape-Persistent, Thermoresponsive Polypeptide Brushes Prepared by Vapor Deposition Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yong Shen
- Beijing
National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institut
des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, United States
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- Beijing
National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institut
des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie
Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Wang X, Davis JL, Hinestrosa JP, Mays JW, Kilbey SM. Control of Self-Assembled Structure through Architecturally and Compositionally Complex Block Copolymer Surfactant Mixtures. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma5012667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Xu Wang
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Ahn SK, Carrillo JMY, Han Y, Kim TH, Uhrig D, Pickel DL, Hong K, Kilbey SM, Sumpter BG, Smith GS, Do C. Structural Evolution of Polylactide Molecular Bottlebrushes: Kinetics Study by Size Exclusion Chromatography, Small Angle Neutron Scattering, and Simulations. ACS Macro Lett 2014; 3:862-866. [PMID: 35596347 DOI: 10.1021/mz5003454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Structural evolution from poly(lactide) (PLA) macromonomer to resultant PLA molecular bottlebrush during ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) was investigated for the first time by combining size exclusion chromatography (SEC), small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), and coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulations. Multiple aliquots were collected at various reaction times during ROMP and subsequently analyzed by SEC and SANS. These complementary techniques enable the understanding of systematic changes in conversion, molecular weight and dispersity as well as structural details of PLA molecular bottlebrushes. CG-MD simulation not only predicts the experimental observations, but it also provides further insight into the analysis and interpretation of data obtained in SEC and SANS experiments. We find that PLA molecular bottlebrushes undergo three conformational transitions with increasing conversion (i.e., increasing the backbone length): (1) from an elongated to a globular shape due to longer side chain at low conversion, (2) from a globular to an elongated shape at intermediate conversion caused by excluded volume of PLA side chain, and (3) the saturation of contour length at high conversion due to chain transfer reactions.
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- Neutron
Science Division, Department of Reactor Utilization and Development, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Departments
of Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Alonzo J, Hinestrosa JP, Mays JW, Kilbey SM. Kinetics of Preferential Adsorption of Amphiphilic Star Block Copolymers that Tether by Their Corona Blocks at the Solid/Fluid Interface. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4024685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jose Alonzo
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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Ramanathan M, Kilbey SM, Darling SB. Process-controlled multiscale morphologies in metal-containing block copolymer thin films. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2014; 14:2653-2657. [PMID: 24745279 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.8481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Poly(styrene-block-ferrocenyldimethylsilane) (PS-b-PFS) is a metal-containing block copolymer that exhibits certain advantages as a scaffold for nanoporous membranes and as a mask for lithographic applications. These advantages include compatibility with a wide range of substrates, ease of control over domain morphologies and remarkable stability, which aid in the development of robust nanoporous networks or high-aspect-ratio patterns. An asymmetric cylinder-forming PS-b-PFS copolymer is subjected to different processing to manipulate the morphology of the phase-separated domains. Control of film structure and domain morphology is achieved by adjusting the film thickness, mode of annealing, and/or annealing time. Changing the process from thermal or solvent annealing to hybrid annealing (thermal and then solvent annealing in sequence) leads to the formation of mesoscale spherulitic and dendritic morphologies. In this communication, we show that reversing the order of the hybrid annealing (solvent annealing first and then thermal annealing) of relatively thick films (> 100 nm) on homogeneously thick substrates develops a discontinuous lamellar structure. Furthermore, the same processing applied on a substrate with a thin, mechanically flexible window in the center leads to the formation of sub-micron scale concentric ring patterns. Enhanced material mobility in the thick film during hybrid annealing along with dynamic rippling effects that may arise from the vibration of the thin window during spin casting are likely causes for these morphologies.
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Petridis L, Ambaye H, Jagadamma S, Kilbey SM, Lokitz BS, Lauter V, Mayes MA. Spatial arrangement of organic compounds on a model mineral surface: implications for soil organic matter stabilization. Environ Sci Technol 2013; 48:79-84. [PMID: 24328330 DOI: 10.1021/es403430k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The complexity of the mineral-organic carbon interface may influence the extent of stabilization of organic carbon compounds in soils, which is important for global climate futures. The nanoscale structure of a model interface was examined here by depositing films of organic carbon compounds of contrasting chemical character, hydrophilic glucose and amphiphilic stearic acid, onto a soil mineral analogue (Al2O3). Neutron reflectometry, a technique which provides depth-sensitive insight into the organization of the thin films, indicates that glucose molecules reside in a layer between Al2O3 and stearic acid, a result that was verified by water contact angle measurements. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the thermodynamic driving force behind glucose partitioning on the mineral interface: The entropic penalty of confining the less mobile glucose on the mineral surface is lower than for stearic acid. The fundamental information obtained here helps rationalize how complex arrangements of organic carbon on soil mineral surfaces may arise.
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- Loukas Petridis
- Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Alonzo J, Kochemba WM, Pickel DL, Ramanathan M, Sun Z, Li D, Chen J, Sumpter BG, Heller WT, Kilbey SM. Assembly and organization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) brushes and their potential use as novel anode buffer layers for organic photovoltaics. Nanoscale 2013; 5:9357-9364. [PMID: 23955069 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr02226a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Buffer layers that control electrochemical reactions and physical interactions at electrode/film interfaces are key components of an organic photovoltaic cell. Here the structure and properties of layers of semi-rigid poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) chains tethered at a surface are investigated, and these functional systems are applied in an organic photovoltaic device. Areal density of P3HT chains is readily tuned through the choice of polymer molecular weight and annealing conditions, and insights from optical absorption spectroscopy and semiempirical quantum calculation methods suggest that tethering causes intrachain defects that affect co-facial π-stacking of brush chains. Because of their ability to modify oxide surfaces, P3HT brushes are utilized as an anode buffer layer in a P3HT-PCBM (phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester) bulk heterojunction device. Current-voltage characterization shows a significant enhancement in short circuit current, suggesting the potential of these novel nanostructured buffer layers to replace the PEDOT:PSS buffer layer typically applied in traditional P3HT-PCBM solar cells.
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- José Alonzo
- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Hansen RR, Hinestrosa JP, Shubert KR, Morrell-Falvey JL, Pelletier DA, Messman JM, Kilbey SM, Lokitz BS, Retterer ST. Lectin-functionalized poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-block-poly(vinyldimethyl azlactone) surface scaffolds for high avidity microbial capture. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:3742-8. [PMID: 24003861 DOI: 10.1021/bm4011358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) play a critical and dynamic role in shaping the interactions between microbial community members and their local environment. The capture of targeted microbes using surface immobilized lectins that recognize specific extracellular oligosaccharide moieties offers a nondestructive method for functional characterization of EPS content. In this report, we evaluate the use of the block copolymer, poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-block-4,4-dimethyl-2-vinylazlactone (PGMA-b-PVDMA), as a surface scaffold for lectin-specific microbial capture. Three-dimensional polymer films were patterned on silicon substrates to provide discrete, covalent coupling sites for Triticum vulgare and Lens culinaris lectins. This material increased the number of Pseudomonas fluorescens microbes captured by up to 43% compared to control scaffolds that did not contain the copolymer. These results demonstrate that PGMA-b-PVDMA scaffolds provide a platform for improved microbe capture and screening of EPS content by combining high avidity lectin surfaces with three-dimensional surface topography.
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- Ryan R Hansen
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Uhrig D, Morar GC, Goswami M, Huang J, Sumpter BG, Zhou J, Kilbey SM, Pickel DL. Molecular Heterogeneity of Polystyrene-Modified Fullerene Core Stars. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4010499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David Uhrig
- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Computer
Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Computer
Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Computer
Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Ahn SK, Pickel DL, Kochemba WM, Chen J, Uhrig D, Hinestrosa JP, Carrillo JM, Shao M, Do C, Messman JM, Brown WM, Sumpter BG, Kilbey SM. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Molecular Bottlebrushes via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Macromolecular Architecture Enhanced Aggregation. ACS Macro Lett 2013; 2:761-765. [PMID: 35606964 DOI: 10.1021/mz4003563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report a facile synthetic strategy based on a grafting through approach to prepare well-defined molecular bottlebrushes composed of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (rr-P3HT) as the conjugated polymeric side chain. To this end, the exo-norbornenyl-functionalized P3HT macromonomer was synthesized by Kumada catalyst transfer polycondensation (KCTP) followed by postpolymerization modifications, and the resulting conjugated macromonomer was successfully polymerized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) in a controlled manner. The P3HT molecular bottlebrushes display an unprecedented strong physical aggregation upon drying during recovery, as verified by several analyses of the solution and solid states. This remarkably strong aggregation behavior is attributed to a significant enhancement in the number of π-π interactions between grafted P3HT side chains, brought about due to the bottlebrush architecture. This behavior is qualitatively supported by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations.
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- Department
of Chemistry and
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Weak polyelectrolytes (PEs) are complex because intertwined connections between conformation and charge are regulated by the local dielectric environment. While end-tethered PE chains-so-called PE "brushes"-are archetypal systems for comprehending structure-property relationships, it is revealed that the reference state nominally referred to as "dry" is, in fact, a situation in which the chains are hydrated by water vapor in the ambient. Using charge-negative PE homopolymer brushes based on methacrylic acid and copolymer brushes that incorporate methacrylic acid and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate, we determine self-consistently the water content of PE films using neutron reflectometry under different hydration conditions. Modeling multiple data sets, we obtain dry polymer mass density and layer thickness, independent of adsorbed water, and PE brush profiles into different pH solutions. We show that hydration of the chains distorts, here by as much as 30%, the quantification of these important physical parameters benchmarked to films in ambient conditions.
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- Chaitra Deodhar
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996,
United States
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Lokitz BS, Wei J, Hinestrosa JP, Ivanov I, Browning JF, Ankner JF, Kilbey SM, Messman JM. Manipulating Interfaces through Surface Confinement of Poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-block-poly(vinyldimethylazlactone), a Dually Reactive Block Copolymer. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma300991p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Bradley S. Lokitz
- Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996,
United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials
Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Kumar R, Sumpter BG, Kilbey SM. Charge regulation and local dielectric function in planar polyelectrolyte brushes. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:234901. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4729158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kochemba WM, Kilbey SM, Pickel DL. End‐group composition of poly(3‐hexylthiophene)s prepared by
in situ
quenching of the grignard metathesis polymerization: Influence of additives and reaction conditions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.26057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- W. Michael Kochemba
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831‐6494
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831‐6494
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Soto-Cantu E, Lokitz BS, Hinestrosa JP, Deodhar C, Messman JM, Ankner JF, Kilbey SM. Versatility of alkyne-modified poly(glycidyl methacrylate) layers for click reactions. Langmuir 2011; 27:5986-5996. [PMID: 21506527 DOI: 10.1021/la2000798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Functional soft interfaces are of interest for a variety of technologies. We describe three methods for preparing substrates with alkyne groups, which show versatility for "click" chemistry reactions. Two of the methods have the same root: formation of thin, covalently attached, reactive interfacial layers of poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) via spin coating onto silicon wafers followed by reactive modification with either propargylamine or 5-hexynoic acid. The amine or the carboxylic acid moieties react with the epoxy groups of PGMA, creating interfacial polymer layers decorated with alkyne groups. The third method consists of using copolymers comprising glycidyl methacrylate and propargyl methacrylate (pGP). The pGP copolymers are spin coated and covalently attached on silicon wafers. For each method, we investigate the factors that control film thickness and content of alkyne groups using ellipsometry, and study the nanophase structure of the films using neutron reflectometry. Azide-terminated polymers of methacrylic acid and 2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization were attached to the alkyne-modified substrates using "click" chemistry, and grafting densities in the range of 0.007-0.95 chains nm(-2) were attained. The maximum density of alkyne groups attained by functionalization of PGMA with propargylamine or 5-hexynoic acid was approximately 2 alkynes nm(-3). The alkyne content obtained by the three decorating approaches was sufficiently high that it was not the limiting factor for the click reaction of azide-capped polymers.
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- Erick Soto-Cantu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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de Castro S, Maruoka H, Hong K, Kilbey SM, Costanzi S, Hechler B, Brown GG, Gachet C, Harden TK, Jacobson KA. Functionalized congeners of P2Y1 receptor antagonists: 2-alkynyl (N)-methanocarba 2'-deoxyadenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate analogues and conjugation to a polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer carrier. Bioconjug Chem 2010; 21:1190-205. [PMID: 20565071 DOI: 10.1021/bc900569u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The P2Y(1) receptor is a prothrombotic G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activated by ADP. Preference for the North (N) ring conformation of the ribose moiety of adenine nucleotide 3',5'-bisphosphate antagonists of the P2Y(1) receptor was established by using a ring-constrained methanocarba (a bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane) ring as a ribose substitute. A series of covalently linkable N(6)-methyl-(N)-methanocarba-2'-deoxyadenosine-3',5'-bisphosphates containing extended 2-alkynyl chains was designed, and binding affinity at the human (h) P2Y(1) receptor determined. The chain of these functionalized congeners contained hydrophilic moieties, a reactive substituent, or biotin, linked via an amide. Variation of the chain length and position of an intermediate amide group revealed high affinity of carboxylic congener 8 (K(i) 23 nM) and extended amine congener 15 (K(i) 132 nM), both having a 2-(1-pentynoyl) group. A biotin conjugate 18 containing an extended epsilon-aminocaproyl spacer chain exhibited higher affinity than a shorter biotinylated analogue. Alternatively, click coupling of terminal alkynes of homologous 2-dialkynyl nucleotide derivatives to alkyl azido groups produced triazole derivatives that bound to the P2Y(1) receptor following deprotection of the bisphosphate groups. The preservation of receptor affinity of the functionalized congeners was consistent with new P2Y(1) receptor modeling and ligand docking. Attempted P2Y(1) antagonist conjugation to PAMAM dendrimer carriers by amide formation or palladium-catalyzed reaction between an alkyne on the dendrimer and a 2-iodopurine-derivatized nucleotide was unsuccessful. A dialkynyl intermediate containing the chain length favored in receptor binding was conjugated to an azide-derivatized dendrimer, and the conjugate inhibited ADP-promoted human platelet aggregation. This is the first example of attaching a strategically functionalized P2Y receptor antagonist to a PAMAM dendrimer to produce a multivalent conjugate exhibiting a desired biological effect, i.e., antithrombotic action.
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- Sonia de Castro
- Molecular Recognition Section and Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0810, USA
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