Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization for Biorelated Hybrid Materials.

摘要: Proteins, nucleic acids, lipid vesicles, and carbohydrates are the major classes of biomacromolecules that function to sustain life. Biology also uses post-translation modification increase diversity functionality these materials, which has inspired attaching various other types polymers biomacromolecules. These can be naturally (carbohydrates biomimetic polymers) or synthetically derived have unique properties with tunable architectures. Polymers either grafted-to grown-from biomacromolecule’s surface, characteristics including polymer molar mass, grafting density, degree branching controlled by changing reaction stoichiometries. The resultant conjugated products display a chimerism such as polymer-induced enhancement in stability maintained bioactivity, while most often proteins, they starting attached acids membranes (cells) well. fundamental studies ...