Abstract
This report describes a convenient and reproducible method for the covalent modification of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains to suppress nonspecific protein adsorption. PEG additives terminated with a vinyl group are added into the PDMS prepolymer; when the PDMS is thermally cured, the vinyl group reacts with the silane groups on the PDMS, which covalently link the PEG group to the PDMS network. The PEG-modified PDMS surfaces are characterized with FTIR, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and contact angle measurement. We also examined the modified PDMS for on-chip capillary electrophoresis and its capability of resisting nonspecific protein adsorption using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model. Based on our study, a molecular mechanism is given to successfully explain the surface properties of the modified PDMS surfaces.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6627-6632 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Analytical Chemistry |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| Early online date | 14 Jul 2009 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 2009 |