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- Title
Chemical modification of Bombyx mori silk fibers with vinyl groups for thiol-ene click chemistry.
- Authors
Zhang, Xiaoning; Liang, Jianwei; Chen, Zhenyu; Donley, Carrie; Liu, Yuling; Cheng, Guotao
- Abstract
Natural Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) fibers were modified with 2-methacryloyloxyethyl isocyanate (MOI) first for the introduction of vinyl groups. Then, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecanethiol was grafted onto the SF fibers via thiol-ene click chemistry using ultraviolet light. The formations of MOI-modified and PFDT-grafted SF fibers were analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The morphology of samples was also revealed by a scanning electron microscope. In addition, differential scanning calorimetry results demonstrated that SF fibers did not show significant change in thermal behavior, regardless of the chemical modification. To confirm the cytotoxicity of the prepared SF fibers, MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay was performed, and no toxicity was observed with PFDT-grafted SF fibers. The results also showed that PFDT-grafted SF fibers exhibited good antifouling properties when Chlorella vulgaris (C. vulgaris) was selected as a model for algal cells adhesion experiment.
- Subjects
SILKWORMS; VINYL polymers; CLICK chemistry; ISOCYANATES; DIFFERENTIAL scanning calorimetry
- Publication
BMC Chemistry, 2019, Vol 13, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2661-801X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13065-019-0630-7