Biosynthetic Polymers as Functional Materials

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• 作者：Andrea S. Carlini ; Lisa Adamiak ; Nathan C. Gianneschi
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 28, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：49
• 期：12
• 页码：4379-4394
• 全文大小：1030K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1520-5835

文摘

The synthesis of functional polymers encoded with biomolecules has been an extensive area of research for decades. As such, a diverse toolbox of polymerization techniques and bioconjugation methods has been developed. The greatest impact of this work has been in biomedicine and biotechnology, where fully synthetic and naturally derived biomolecules are used cooperatively. Despite significant improvements in biocompatible and functionally diverse polymers, our success in the field is constrained by recognized limitations in polymer architecture control, structural dynamics, and biostabilization. This Perspective discusses the current status of functional biosynthetic polymers and highlights innovative strategies reported within the past five years that have made great strides in overcoming the aforementioned barriers.