Oxygen-Tolerant RAFT Polymerization Initiated by Living Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Living organisms can synthesize a wide range of macromolecules from a small set of natural building blocks, yet there is potential for even greater materials diversity by exploiting biochemical processes to convert unnatural feedstocks into new abiotic polymers. Ultimately, the synthesis of these polymers in situ might aid the coupling of organisms with synthetic matrices, and the generation of biohybrids or engineered living materials. The key step in biohybrid materials preparation is to harness the relevant biological pathways to produce synthetic polymers with predictable molar masses and defined architectures under ambient conditions. Accordingly, we report an aqueous, oxygen-tolerant RAFT polymerization platform based on a modified Fenton reaction, which is initiated by Cupriavidu

SUBMITTER: Bennett MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature