Abstract
A block copolymer was designed to functionalise the surface of polystyrene-based polymersomes via coaggregation. An α,ω-diacetylene-functionalised poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was coupled to an azide-terminated polystyrene via a Cu(I)-catalysed cycloaddition to produce a PS-b-PEG polymer with an acetylene at its hydrophilic extremity. Incorporation of this ‘anchor’ compound in the bilayer of a polymersome places its bio-orthogonal group at the surface of this aggregate. Its accessibility was demonstrated using an azido-functionalised Candida antarctica Lipase B (CalB), which retained its activity while immobilised on the polymersome.
| Original language | Undefined |
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| Pages (from-to) | 321-325 |
| Journal | Macromolecular rapid communications |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 (special issue) |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- METIS-306466