1. UV/ozone surface treatment increases hydrophilicity and enhances functionality of SU-8 photoresist polymer
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Malcolm Buckle, Hervé Leh, Claude Nogues, Etienne Henry, Aleksandra Delplanque, Joseph Lautru, Laboratoire de Biologie et de Pharmacologie Appliquée (LBPA), École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Etude de la Matière en Mode Environnemental (L2ME), Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM - UMR 5257), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre du Médicament [Nancy], Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1 (UHP), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
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Materials science ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,Surface finish ,Photoresist ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Polymer chemistry ,Monolayer ,Surface roughness ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,[SDV.IB.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Biomaterials ,SU-8 photoresist ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,[CHIM.ORGA]Chemical Sciences/Organic chemistry ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,General Chemistry ,Polymer ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Surface modification ,[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering ,0210 nano-technology ,Ethylene glycol - Abstract
International audience; SU-8 photoresist polymer is widely used in the fabrication of microdevices. However, for biological applications , the problem of efficiently modifying SU-8 surfaces without perturbing roughness has not been successfully resolved. We present UV/ozone (UVO) surface pre-treatment as an effective method to increase the hydrophilicity of SU-8 films without affecting surface roughness, thus improving specific covalent binding of bio-molecules. We demonstrate that 30 s UVO treatment suffices to create carboxyl groups at the surface that can then be used for high density binding of molecules via amide bond formation. We further demonstrate that a two-step surface modification where the surface is first protected with an ethylene glycol monolayer leads to an increase in binding specificity. Finally, to illustrate the controlled binding and accessibility of immobilized molecules, we show three cycles of reversible interactions between anti-tamra antibody and tamra-cadaverine immobilized on the surface of SU-8.
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- 2014
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