Bioinspired Zwitterionic Surface Coatings with Robust Photostability and Fouling Resistance

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• 作者：Chun-Jen Huang ; Sz-Hau Chu ; Lin-Chuan Wang ; Chien-Hung Li ; T. Randall Lee
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 28, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：42
• 页码：23776-23786
• 全文大小：578K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Great care has been paid to the biointerface between a bulk material and the biological environment, which plays a key role in the optimized performance of medical devices. In this work, we report a new superhydrophilic adsorbate, called l-cysteine betaine (Cys-b), having branched zwitterionic groups that give rise to surfaces and nanoparticles with enhanced chemical stability, biofouling resistance, and inertness to environmental changes. Cys-b was synthesized from the amphoteric sulfur-containing amino acid, l-cysteine (Cys), by quaternization of its amino group. Gold surfaces modified with Cys-b exhibited prominent repellence against the nonspecific adsorption of proteins, bacteria, and fibroblast cells. In addition, Cys-b existed in zwitterionic form over a wide pH range (i.e., pH 3.4 to 10.8), and showed excellent suppression in photoinduced oxidation on gold substrates. Furthermore, the modification of hollow Ag@Au nanoshells with Cys-b gave rise to nanoparticles with excellent colloidal stability and resistance to coordinative interaction with Cu²⁺. Taken together, the unique features of Cys-b offer a new nanoscale coating for use in a wide spectrum of applications.