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Tailoring Substrate Hydrophilicity Using Grafted Polypeptide Nanocoatings*

Steven Harris Wibowo A , Adrian Sulistio A , Edgar H. H. Wong A , Anton Blencowe A B and Greg G. Qiao A C
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A Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia.

B Present address: Mawson Institute, Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: gregghq@unimelb.edu.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 67(4) 598-602 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13519
Submitted: 27 September 2013  Accepted: 18 December 2013   Published: 17 February 2014

Abstract

Peptide nanocoatings with tailored surface-wetting properties were formed on a range of organic (cellulose and cotton) and inorganic (glass) substrates via surface-initiated ring-opening polymerization of amino acid N-carboxyanhydride derivatives. The film thickness, surface roughness, and wettability can be tuned by controlling the polymerization time and the type of N-carboxyanhydride derivative used (i.e. lysine or valine). Whereas poly(l-lysine) coatings are hydrophilic, poly(l-valine) coatings exhibit water-repellent properties. The functional polypeptide nanocoatings can potentially be applied to waterproof woven fabrics, macromolecular separation technologies, biodiagnostic sensors, and sustained drug-release wound dressings.


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