Bioinspired catecholic chemistry for surface modification
Abstract
The attachment strategy based on catecholic chemistry has been arousing renewed interest since the work on polymerized catecholic amine (polydopamine) (Messersmith et al., Science, 2007, 318, 426) was published. Catechols and their derived compounds can self-assemble on various inorganic and organic materials, including noble metals, metals, metal oxides, mica, silica, ceramics and even polymers. It opens a new route to the modification of various substrates and the preparation of functional composite materials by simple chemistry. However, there is still not a full review so far about the attachment chemistry despite the dramatically increasing number of publications. This critical review describes the state-of-the-art research in the area: the design and synthesis of catecholic molecules, their adsorption mechanisms and the stability of assemblies in solution, and their applications etc. Some perspectives on future development are raised (195 references).
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The catechol group can form multiple covalent and noncovalent interactions with specific surfaces.
“The main functional group in DOPA is the catechol group, which can form multiple covalent and noncovalent interactions with specific surfaces [9,10,11] (Figure 1).”
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Approaches to traditional surface modification are usually limited by tedious preparation steps and rigorous reaction conditions, which are thereby restrained to limited number of material categories.
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- Authors
- Ye, Q., Zhou, F., & Liu, W.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhou, Feng
- Venue
- Chemical Society Reviews
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2011
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 4244
- ISSN
- 0306-0012 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-4744
- OpenAlex
- W2153266910
- Cited by
- 1,177
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 3.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemical Society Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Surfaces, Coatings and Films › Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
- Keywords
- polydopamine, surface modification, self-assembly, catechol derivatives, adsorption mechanism, functional composite materials, bioinspired chemistry, catechol synthesis
- MeSH terms
- Adhesives, Animals, Biology, Catechols, Humans, Electric Power Supplies, Surface Properties, Biomimetics, NIH 3T3 Cells, Mice
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