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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2020

Precision Anisotropic Brush Polymers by Sequence Controlled Chemistry.

Chaojian Chen, Katrin Wunderlich, Debashish Mukherji, Kaloian Koynov, Astrid Johanna Heck, Marco Raabe, Matthias Barz, George Fytas, Kurt Kremer, David Yuen Wah Ng and 1 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Chaojian ChenMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2588-2447
Katrin WunderlichMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8096-7427
Debashish MukherjiMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6242-1754
Kaloian KoynovMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4062-8834
Astrid Johanna HeckMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.
Marco RaabeMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3677-6615
Matthias BarzJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz , Duesbergweg 10-14 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1749-9034
George FytasMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.
Kurt KremerMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1842-9369
David Yuen Wah NgMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0302-0678
Tanja WeilMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5906-7205

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The programming of nanomaterials at molecular length-scales to control architecture and function represents a pinnacle in soft materials synthesis. Although elusive in synthetic materials, Nature has evolutionarily refined macromolecular synthesis with perfect atomic resolution across three-dimensional space that serves specific functions. We show that biomolecules, specifically proteins, provide an intrinsic macromolecular backbone for the construction of anisotropic brush polymers with monodisperse lengths via grafting-from strategy. Using human serum albumin as a model, its sequence was exploited to chemically transform a single cysteine, such that the expression of said functionality is asymmetrically placed along the backbone of the eventual brush polymer. This positional monofunctionalization strategy was connected with biotin-streptavidin interactions to demonstrate the capabilities for site-specific self-assembly to create higher ordered architectures. Supported by systematic experimental and computational studies, we envisioned that this macromolecular platform provides unique avenues and perspectives in macromolecular design for both nanoscience and biomedicine.

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PMID31829581
PMCPMC6978811

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