High-Affinity DNA Base Analogs as Supramolecular, Nanoscale Promoters of Macroscopic Adhesion

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• 作者：Cyrus A. Anderson ; Amanda R. Jones ; Ellen M. Briggs ; Eric J. Novitsky ; Darrell W. Kuykendall ; Nancy R. Sottos ; Steven C. Zimmerman
• 刊名：The Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：May 15, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：135
• 期：19
• 页码：7288-7295
• 全文大小：404K
• 年卷期：v.135,no.19(May 15, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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Adhesion phenomena are essential to many biological processes and to synthetic adhesives and manufactured coatings and composites. Supramolecular interactions are often implicated in various adhesion mechanisms. Recently, supramolecular building blocks, such as synthetic DNA base-pair mimics, have drawn attention in the context of molecular recognition, self-assembly, and supramolecular polymers. These reversible, hydrogen-bonding interactions have been studied extensively for their adhesive capabilities at the nano- and microscale, however, much less is known about their utility for practical adhesion in macroscopic systems. Herein, we report the preparation and evaluation of supramolecular coupling agents based on high-affinity, high-fidelity quadruple hydrogen-bonding units (e.g., DAN路DeUG, K_assoc = 10⁸ M^鈥? in chloroform). Macroscopic adhesion between polystyrene films and glass surfaces modified with 2,7-diamidonaphthyridine (DAN) and ureido-7-deazaguanine (DeUG) units was evaluated by mechanical testing. Structure鈥損roperty relationships indicate that the designed supramolecular interaction at the nanoscale plays a key role in the observed macroscopic adhesive response. Experiments probing reversible adhesion or self-healing properties of bulk samples indicate that significant recovery of initial strength can be realized after failure but that the designed noncovalent interaction does not lead to healing during the process of adhesion loss.