Multifaceted and route-controlled "click" reactions based on vapor-deposited coatings

Biomater Sci. 2016 Feb;4(2):265-71. doi: 10.1039/c5bm00417a.

Abstract

"Click" reactions provide precise and reliable chemical transformations for the preparation of functional architectures for biomaterials and biointerfaces. The emergence of a multiple-click reaction strategy has paved the way for a multifunctional microenvironment with orthogonality and precise multitasking that mimics nature. We demonstrate a multifaceted and route-controlled click interface using vapor-deposited functionalized poly-para-xylylenes. Distinctly clickable moieties of ethynyl and maleimide were introduced into poly-para-xylylenes in one step via a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) copolymerization process. The advanced interface coating allows for a double-click route with concurrent copper(i)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (CuAAC) and the thiol-maleimide click reaction. Additionally, double-click reactions can also be performed in a cascade manner by controlling the initiation route to enable the CuAAC and/or thiol-yne reaction using a mono-functional alkyne-functionalized poly-para-xylylene. The use of multifaceted coatings to create straightforward and orthogonal interface properties with respect to protein adsorption and cell attachment is demonstrated and characterized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Alkynes / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Click Chemistry
  • Maleimides / chemistry*
  • Polymerization
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Xylenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Maleimides
  • Polymers
  • Xylenes
  • maleimide