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Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization enhanced DNA biosensing

The surface chemistry at the DNA recognition and binding interface plays an important role in determining the performance of DNA microarrays and DNA biosensors. Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-CRP) reactions represent a powerful too ...

2015

Shape-Persistent, Thermoresponsive Polypeptide Brushes Prepared by Vapor Deposition Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Polymerization of alpha-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides

Harm-Anton Klok, Solenne Desseaux

Surface-grafting thermoresponsive polymers allows the preparation of thin polymer brush coatings with surface properties that can be manipulated by variation of temperature. In most instances, thermoresponsive polymer brushes are produced using polymers th ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

A Close Look at Charge Generation in Polymer:Fullerene Blends with Microstructure Control

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Natalie Renuka Banerji, Mariateresa Scarongella, Jelissa Risse, Natalie Stingelin

We reveal some of the key mechanisms during charge generation in polymer:fullerene blends exploiting our well-defined understanding of the microstructures obtained in pBTTT:PCBM systems via processing with fatty acid methyl ester additives. Based on ultraf ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Polymer Brush Gradients Grafted from Plasma-Polymerized Surfaces

Harm-Anton Klok, Tugba Bilgiç Tune

A new method for generating a surface density gradient of polymer chains is presented. A substrate-independent polymer deposition technique was used to coat materials with a chemical gradient based on plasma copolymerization of 1,7-octadiene and allylamine ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Synthesis and Properties of Highly-Charged Cationic Polyelectrolytes

Hamideh Ahmadloo

Polyelectrolytes (PEL) and PEL complexes formed by electrostatic interaction are recognized as compounds with a remarkable potential for a wide field of applications. However, comprehensive knowledge about electrostatic and structural influences on the pol ...

EPFL2013

Saffron corm as a natural source of fungicides: The role of saponins in the underground

Fungi cause important deteriorations of corms from Crocus sativus L. In order to screen the antifungal properties of this organ to fight such infections, two independent experiments based on the lyophilized and sterilized external (peel) and internal parts ...

Elsevier2013

Functional, Hyperbranched Polyesters Via Baylis-Hillman Polymerization

Harm-Anton Klok, Frederik Roman Wurm, Sanhao Ji

Hyperbranched polyesters are among the most common hyperbranched polymers. One of the interesting features of hyperbranched polyesters is that they contain unreacted hydroxyl and carboxylic acid groups at the linear and terminal structural units, which can ...

2012

Synthesis and post-polymerization modification of poly(pentafluorophenyl methacrylate) brushes

Harm-Anton Klok

Post-polymerization modification is a powerful strategy to endow polymers with functional groups that cannot be incorporated via direct polymerization. This manuscript explores the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) of p ...

2012

Side-Chain Peptide-Synthetic Polymer Conjugates via Tandem "Ester-Amide/Thiol-Ene" Post-Polymerization Modification of Poly(pentafluorophenyl methacrylate) Obtained Using ATRP

Harm-Anton Klok, Matthew Gibson, Maarten Danial

Herein the concept of tandem postpolymerization modification as a versatile route to synthesize well-defined, highly functionalized polymers is introduced. Poly(pentafluorophenyl methacrylate) obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization was first modi ...

2011

Interactive Surfaces Based on Polymer Brushes

Dusko Paripovic

While the bulk structure of a material determines its mechanical properties, its surface plays a key role when interactions with the environment are important. Nowadays materials in bio- and nanotechnology are required to possess very complex functionaliti ...

EPFL2011

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