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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2020

DNA-Mediated Step-Growth Polymerization of Bottlebrush Macromonomers.

Xueguang Lu, Hailin Fu, Kuo-Chih Shih, Fei Jia, Yehui Sun, Dali Wang, Yuyan Wang, Stephen Ekatan, Mu-Ping Nieh, Yao Lin 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 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Surface Functionalization of Elastomers with Biopolymers.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  6. Functional DNA-Polymer Conjugates.Chemical reviews · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Xueguang LuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Hailin FuPolymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3972-7659
Kuo-Chih ShihPolymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2938-993X
Fei JiaDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Yehui SunDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Dali WangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Yuyan WangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Stephen EkatanPolymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.
Mu-Ping NiehPolymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4462-8716
Yao LinPolymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5227-2663
Ke ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8142-6702

Funding

Life Science and Biomedical technology Research center at NSLS-II LSBRP41GM111244 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI MCSWEENEY, SEAN · 2014 to 2018
$16.4M
Making Oligonucleotides Better Biopharmaceuticals by Steric ProtectionR01GM121612 · NIGMS · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Ke Zhang · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
A Simultaneous SAXS/WAXS Detector System for Solving Biological StructuresS10OD012331 · OD · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI ALLAIRE, MARC · 2012 to 2012
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM111244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121612NIH HHS S10 OD012331
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herein, we report the DNA-mediated self-assembly of bivalent bottlebrush polymers, a process akin to the step-growth polymerization of small molecule monomers. In these "condensation reactions", the polymer serves as a steric guide to limit DNA hybridization in a fixed direction, while the DNA serves as a functional group equivalent, connecting complementary brushes to form well-defined, one-dimensional nanostructures. The polymerization was studied using spectroscopy, microscopy, and scattering techniques and was modeled numerically. The model made predictions of the degree of polymerization and size distribution of the assembled products, and suggested the potential for branching at hybridization junctions, all of which were confirmed experimentally. This study serves as a theoretical basis for the polymer-assembly approach which has the potential to open up new possibilities for suprapolymers with controlled architecture, macromonomer sequence, and end-group functionalities.

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DNAMolecular StructurePolymerizationPolymersDNAPolymers

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PMID32453555
PMCPMC7330103

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