Sugar-based amphipathic compounds (BA-CnAG) were successfully prepared. Polyurethane (PU) was grafted with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) by the means of UV irradiation, and further modified with the BA-CnAG based on the ring opening of the epoxy groups. The surface graft polymerization was confirmed by ATR-FTIR and XPS. Water contact angle, protein adsorption, and platelet adhesion measurements were used to evaluate the hydrophilicity and hemocompatibility of the films. The results demonstrated that amphiphilic surfactant-containing polymer surfaces presented protein-resistant behavior and anti-platelet adhesion after functionalization with BA-CnAG. Besides, the hemocompatibility of the modified surface deteriorated as the length of hydrophobic chain of BA-CnAG increased. glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) were obtained from Shanghai Aladdin Chemicals (China). Benzophenone (BP) was supplied by Peking Ruichen Chemicals (China). Bovine serum albumin (BSA), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and phosphate buffered solution (PBS, 0.01 mol/L, pH=7.4) were provided by Dingguo Bio-technology (China). Micro BCATM protein assay reagent kits were purchased from Boster Biological Technology (AR1110, China). The platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was obtained from the fresh rabbit blood by centrifugation at 1000 rpm for 15 min. The other solvents and reagents were AR grade chemicals and used without further purification.
Preparation and characterization of sugar-based amphipathic compoundsSynthesis of Boc-Asp: To a solution of Asp (10 mmol) in acetone/ ultrapure water (10:1, 44 mL), was added triethylamine (20 mmol), and the resulting solution was stirred in an ice-water bath. (B OC ) 2 O (11 mmol) was added dropwise, stirred for 3 h. The solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, diluted with H 2 O (20 mL), Scheme 2: Schematics of the PU surface modified with sugar-based amphipathic compounds.