Precision Anisotropic Brush Polymers by Sequence Controlled Chemistry
| Autor: | Kaloian Koynov, Debashish Mukherji, Astrid Johanna Heck, Tanja Weil, Kurt Kremer, Matthias Barz, George Fytas, Katrin Wunderlich, Marco Raabe, Chaojian Chen, David Y. W. Ng |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Chemistry Biomolecule Dispersity Brush Sequence (biology) Nanotechnology General Chemistry Polymer 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Catalysis Article 0104 chemical sciences law.invention Nanomaterials Colloid and Surface Chemistry law Anisotropy Macromolecule |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Popis: | The programming of nanomaterials at molecular length-scales to control architecture and function represents a pinnacle in soft materials synthesis. Although elusive in synthetic materials, Nature has evolutionarily refined macromolecular synthesis with perfect atomic resolution across three-dimensional space that serves specific functions. We show that biomolecules, specifically proteins, provide an intrinsic macromolecular backbone for the construction of anisotropic brush polymers with monodisperse lengths via grafting-from strategy. Using human serum albumin as a model, its sequence was exploited to chemically transform a single cysteine, such that the expression of said functionality is asymmetrically placed along the backbone of the eventual brush polymer. This positional monofunctionalization strategy was connected with biotin-streptavidin interactions to demonstrate the capabilities for site-specific self-assembly to create higher ordered architectures. Supported by systematic experimental and computational studies, we envisioned that this macromolecular platform provides unique avenues and perspectives in macromolecular design for both nanoscience and biomedicine. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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