Biocatalytic ATRP in solution and on surfaces.
The promiscuity of enzymes allows for their implementation as catalysts for non-native chemical transformations. Utilizing the redox activity of metalloenzymes under activator regenerated by electron transfer (ARGET) ATRP conditions, well-controlled and defined polymers can be generated. In this chapter, we review bioATRP in solution and on surfaces and provide experimental protocols for hemoglobin-catalyzed ATRP and for surface-initiated biocatalytic ATRP. This chapter highlights the polymerization of acrylate and acrylamide monomers and provides detailed experimental protocols for the characterization of the polymers and of the polymer brushes.
['Rodriguez|Kyle J|KJ|', 'Pellizzoni|Michela M|MM|', 'Divandari|Mohammad|M|', 'Benetti|Edmondo M|EM|', 'Bruns|Nico|N|']
D020106:Acrylamide D000179:Acrylates D000818:Animals D055162:Biocatalysis D002417:Cattle D003545:Cysteine D006454:Hemoglobins D058105:Polymerization D013499:Surface Properties
Atom transfer radical polymerization Controlled radical polymerization Heme proteins Laccases Peroxidases Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization Surface-initiated polymerization