Sticktight-inspired PEGylation for low-fouling coatings

Abstract

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been widely used to modify surfaces to reduce non-specific interactions with biomolecules, microorganisms, and cells. Herein, we report a sticktight-inspired PEGylation strategy to fabricate low-fouling coatings....

Antifouling polymers for nanomedicine and surfaces: recent advances

“…34), Cui et al utilized multi-arm PEGs bearing multiple thiol groups for surface coating and achieved excellent antifouling properties. 128 Compared to linear PEGs, the multi-arm molecular architecture resulted in an improvement in the desired antifouling properties.…”