Aminoethyl methacrylate(AEMA) was grafted onto the polypropylene microporous membrane by photo-induced polymerization to immobilize dextran. XPS spectra confirmed the chemical change of the membrane surface after the graft polymerization of AEMA and the immobilization of dextran. The water contact angle measurement indicated that the hydrophilicity of the membrane surface can be increased reparably by the dextran immobilization.
A glycopolymer bearing glucose residues was tethered onto the surface of polypropylene microporous membrane by UV-induced graft polymerization ofα-allyl glucoside.Concanavalin A (Con A),a glucose recognizing lectin,could be specifically adsorbed to the membrane surface.On the other hand,the membrane surface showed no recognition ability to another lectin peanut agglutinin.Moreover,the recognition complex between the glycosylated membrane surface and Con A could be inhibited by glucose and mannose solutio...
Ultraviolet (UV)-induced graft polymerization of acrylamide (AAm) on polypropylene substrates was successfully conducted using dibenzyl trithiocarbonate (DBTTC) as photoinitiator. It was confirmed by chemical analysis and surface morphology observation with attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. A possible mechanism for this graft process was presented, which suggested that, under UV irradiation, the C=S bond in DBTTC could split and abstract a hydrogen from the polypropylene surface and a surface free radical was then formed, and initiated the graft polymerization of AAm.
