Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Methods in Enzymology |
| Editors | Nico Bruns, Katja Loos |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge, MA |
| Publisher | Academic Press Inc. |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 263-290 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Volume | 627 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780128170953 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Methods in Enzymology |
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| Volume | 627 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0076-6879 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1557-7988 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation through grants Nos. PP00P2_144697, PP00P2_172927 and Ambizione program grant 179865, as well as through the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry of the University of Strathclyde.
Keywords
- atom transfer radical polymerization
- controlled radical polymerization
- heme proteins
- laccases
- peroxidases
- reversible-deactivation radical polymerization
- surface-initiated polymerization