Fluorescent Patterns by Selective Grafting of a Telechelic Polymer

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Fluorescent patterns by Selective Grafting of a Telechelic Polymer Maciej Kopec, Sinem Tas, Marco Cirelli, Rianne van der Pol, Ilse de Vries, G. Julius Vancso, and Sissi de Beer ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.8b00180 • Publication Date (Web): 18 Jan 2019 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 19, 2019

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Fluorescent Patterns by Selective Grafting of a Telechelic Polymer Maciej Kopeć,* Sinem Tas, Marco Cirelli, Rianne van der Pol, Ilse de Vries, G. Julius Vancso#, Sissi de Beer Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands # On leave at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798.

*corresponding author: M. Kopeć, e-mail: [email protected] Keywords: grafting to, inkjet printing, polymer brushes, ATRP, click chemistry

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Abstract: The preparation of patterned ultrathin films (sub-10 nm) composed of end-anchored fluorescently-labeled poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is presented. Telechelic PMMA was synthesized utilizing activator regenerated by electron transfer atom transfer radical polymerization (ARGET ATRP) and consecutively end-functionalized with alkynylated fluorescein by Cu-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) “click” chemistry. The polymers were grafted via the α-carboxyl groups to silica or glass substrates pre-treated with (3aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). Patterned surfaces were prepared by inkjet printing of APTES onto glass substrates and selectively grafted with fluorescently end-labeled PMMA to obtain emissive arrays on the surface.


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Preparation of patterned functional surfaces is of paramount importance in areas such as sensing, cell adhesion, nanoelectronics, ‘smart textiles’, etc.1-2. Among various ways of patterning, ink-jet printing of polymers provides fast, scalable deposition, which is mainly useful in fabrication of all-organic integrated circuits or optoelectronic devices.3-5 A particularly interesting approach to patterning is employing surface-grafted polymer films (e.g. polymer brushes) as ultrathin nanocoatings. Surface-grafting of polymers has emerged as a powerful means of surface modification and preparation of hybrid materials.6-8 They can be easily obtained by various techniques, typically by reversible deactivation radical polymerizations (RDRP), which enables controlled synthesis of polymers with precisely tailored molecular weights, dispersities, chain topologies and functionalities.9-10 Two general approaches to surface-anchored polymer layers involve attaching end-functionalized polymer chains to a surface modified with reactive groups (grafting to)11 or surface-initiated polymerization from a surface-immobilized initiator layer (grafting from).7, 12 Furthermore, state-of-the-art patterning techniques such as microcontact printing, can be employed at the stage of initiator deposition, followed by surface-initiated polymerization to introduce surface patterns.13-15 Similarly, inkjet printing has been used either to directly prepare initiator patterns16 or to selectively etch homogenously deposited initiator layers.17 Utilizing this technique Edmonson et al. described the deposition of polyelectrolyte-based macroinitiators which, due to phase separation in a printed drop, allowed submicron patterning of subsequently grafted brushes.18 Additionally, recent progress in photoinduced RDRP methods opened a straightforward route to photopattering of polymer brushes by spatially controlled polymerization through a photomask.19-20 Prominent examples of applications of these patterned coatings include rewritable surfaces composed of fluorescent brushes prepared via microcontact printing demonstrated by du Prez et al.21 Recently, Hawker et al. reported the



fabrication of photopatterned arrays of donor-acceptor photoactive brushes into a fully-operating multicolored and white organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices.22 The grafting from is a predominantly preferred approach to end-anchored polymer films, as it leads to higher grafting densities and thicknesses. However, coupling a pre-synthesized polymer to the surface allows more precise characterization of molecular weight, dispersity and chain-end functionality (CEF) of tethered chains before grafting. Furthermore, relatively straightforward scale up and simplicity make grafting to promising for preparation of functional polymer nanocoatings. In this study, we present the fabrication of patterned end-labeled fluorescent films grafted to surfaces selectively modified with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) utilizing inkjet printing. Precise localization of chromophores in polymer nanostructures can be especially useful in light harvesting applications, where aggregation of chromophores is often a serious limitation.2325

Attaching the dye at the chain-end of a polymer chain rather than as a side group in each

repeating unit may lead to lower aggregation and prevent self-quenching, thus increasing the quantum efficiency of the emitting layer.23, 26 Additionally, it can ensure minimal interaction of the dye with the surface as well as enable further selective binding/deposition of molecules on top of the endfunctionalized film. To the best of our knowledge this is the first demonstration of the grafting to

method as a route to patterned surfaces from end-labeled polymers. Designer telechelic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) functionalized with a surface-reactive carboxyl group and a fluorescent dye was synthesized according to Scheme 1. The familiar combination of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with Cu-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) was used as a straightforward route to prepare polymers with desired chain-end functionality.27 First, well-defined PMMA was synthesized by activators regenerated by electron transfer (ARGET) ATRP. Importantly, α-bromophenylacetic acid (BPAA) was used as


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initiator to introduce carboxyl groups at the α-chain ends. The reaction was conducted at 60 ºC in anisole with 50 ppm (vs monomer) of CuBr2/TPMA (tris(2-pyridiylmethyl)amine) catalyst and tin (II) 2-ethylhexanoate as a reducing agent. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurements (Figure 1a) confirmed excellent control over the polymerization and formation of well-defined PMMA (Mn,theory = 17000, Mn,GPC = 18500, Mw/Mn = 1.15). Next, the bromine chain-ends were transformed to azides by reacting PMMA-Br with NaN3 before employing CuAAC to click azides with an alkyne-functionalized fluorescein derivative (5-FAM). 1H NMR measurements showed typical spectra of PMMA, although due to the relatively high Mn, no peaks assignable to the end groups (i.e. the initiator and the fluorescent dye) were detected (Figure S1). Interestingly, the chromatograms of PMMA-Br and PMMA-N3 essentially overlapped, while a visible shift towards higher molecular weights was observed after reaction with 5-FAM (Figure 1a). This was likely due to the high molar mass of the dye (M5-FAM = 413 g/mol). A GPC trace of a control experiment, namely upon treating PMMA-N3 with 5-FAM without the catalyst, did not exhibit any shift (Figure S2). In all cases dispersities remained low (Mw/Mn < 1.15), without any visible tailing. In order to unequivocally confirm the chain-end functionalization, the attachment of the fluorescein was followed by spectroﬂuorometry in isopropanol-water mixture (4:1 v/v, Figure 1b), a good solvent for both PMMA and fluorescein. The excitation and emission spectra of the PMMA-FAM showed maxima at 488 nm and 524 nm, respectively, corresponding to the free 5FAM (Figure S3). No fluorescence was observed for control samples obtained by stirring PMMAN3 in DMF with 5-FAM without CuBr overnight, ruling out any physical contamination of the polymer with the dye.



Scheme 1. Synthetic route to α-carboxyl, ω-fluorescein-functionalized PMMA (PMMA-FAM) by combination of ARGET ATRP and CuAAC click chemistry; Schematic visualization of the chemical coupling process on inkjet-printed surfaces (silica or glass substrate).


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Figure 1. (a) GPC traces of the as-synthesized polymer (PMMA-Br), after substitution of bromide chain ends with azides (PMMA-N3) and after modification with fluorescein by click chemistry (PMMA-FAM); the curves are shifted vertically for clarity; (b) emission and excitation spectra of PMMA-FAM and a control polymer treated with 5-FAM dye in the absence of the catalyst; (c) AFM height image of the PMMA-FAM films grafted to APTES-modified silica wafer; (d) fluorescence microscopy image of the films grafted to APTES-modified glass surface (scale bar is 50 µm); the green area corresponds to the film swollen in ispopropanol, whereas the dark area to the left shows quenched fluorescence due to the collapse of the brush upon evaporation of the solvent.



Dye-functionalized films were prepared by surface grafting to silica substrates previously modified with APTES via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Simple dip coating from a DMF solution of the PMMA-FAM (1 mg/mL) was used to couple α-carboxyl groups of the telechelic polymer with the amine groups of APTES. The reaction was conducted at room temperature without any additional catalyst. After 72 hours, the wafers were removed from the solution and analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) to reveal a uniform film on the surface (Figure 1c). The average dry thickness of the film measured by AFM after gently scratching the surface using Teflon tweezers was found to be 6±2 nm. Grafting density was then determined from the equation:

б=

𝑁𝐴 · 𝜌 · ℎ 𝑀𝑛

where NA is the Avogadro number, ρ is polymer density (1.18 g/cm3), h is dry film thickness and Mn is the molecular weight of the dye-functionalized PMMA (Mn=19000-20000). The grafting density was calculated to be in the range of б = 0.14 - 0.22 nm-2. Due to the slow diffusion of polymer chains to the surface, shorter deposition times resulted in very thin films with not uniform surface coverage, rendering AFM thickness measurements inconclusive (Figure S4). Glass substrates were functionalized in a similar fashion to enable fluorescence measurements. Figure 1d shows a plane scan of the PMMA-FAM layer recorded by confocal microcopy. An isopropanol/water mixture (4:1 v/v) was used as solvent to ensure good solubility of the PMMA backbone as well as efficient solubilization of the hydrophilic chain-ends.28-29 Clear, uniform emission corresponding to the fluorescein-modified chain ends was observed. The dark area of the image corresponds to the region where the liquid has already evaporated, leaving a dry film. As expected, fluorescence was quenched due to aggregation of the dye upon the collapse of the grafted polymer chains and no emission was observed in this area. We have very recently presented a


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similar behavior in an analogous system of polymer brushes synthesized by the grafting from approach.30 Patterned surfaces were then fabricated to demonstrate the versatility of the developed approach and to prove the selective binding between the PMMA-FAM polymer and the APTES-based patterns. Hydrophilic glass substrates were modified by ink-jet printing of APTES ink prepared in a mixture of ethanol and glycol (3:2 v/v), followed by annealing in vacuum at 110 ºC for 1h. Surface wettability is a critical parameter, which has an effect on the final sizes and shape of printed droplets.31 Therefore, ethylene glycol was used as a co-solvent due to its high boiling point and low surface tension.18, 31 The contact angle between the APTES ink and glass substrate was measured to be 20°. Thus, the diameter of the printed droplets (around 100-120 µm, Figure 2 top row) was larger than the diameter of the droplet generated by the nozzle (60 µm). As-prepared printed surfaces were immersed in a DMF solution of PMMA-FAM under the same conditions as described above for the silicon wafers. AFM imaging of the dry printed drops revealed few-micron-thick features of polymerized/cross-linked APTES (Figure S5). The surface roughness values of the annealed drops were in the order of Ra = 100-150 nm. Confocal ﬂuorescent microscopy was used to visualize printed patterns functionalized with PMMA-FAM films in isopropanol/water Figure 2 (bottom row) or acetone (Figure S6). Fluorescent patterns were obtained selectively at the printed spots of ~120 µm in diameter and with various spacing between the droplets. Most importantly, no signs of fluorescence were detected outside of the printed areas confirming that non-specific deposition on the non-functionalized surface did not occur via e.g., physisorption. Even though high surface roughness of the drops prevented direct measurements of grafting density of PMMA-FAM films, observed uniform emission from the printed spots indicated they were successfully decorated with a thin film of PMMA-FAM.



Figure 2. Microscopy images of glass substrate after deposition of APTES-containing drops by ink-jet printing (top row); Confocal microscopy images of the same substrates upon functionalization with PMMA-FAM brushes by grafting to (bottom row, recorded in isopropanol/water 4:1 v/v). In summary, we have demonstrated a straightforward procedure to fabricate end-functionalized polymer films by the grafting to method using a designer well-defined telechelic polymer synthesized by combination of ARGET ATRP and click chemistry. By employing CVD or inkjet printing of APTES to pre-treat the surface, the following attachment of a fluorescent PMMA-FAM was realized by dip-coating from DMF solution. Selective functionalization of the APTESmodified surfaces or printed spots was confirmed by AFM and fluorescence microscopy. Given the versatility of both ATRP and click chemistry, this approach can be viewed as a general strategy for fabrication of polymer-grafted surfaces with various functionalities readily available by simple


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chain-end substitution. Such functional patterned surfaces can find applications in sensing, light harvesting or organic electronics. Further experiments are underway to extend this approach to different polymer systems as well as to elucidate the effect of grafting density on the photophysical properties of end-labeled surface-anchored chains. Acknowledgements MK and GJV thank the 4TU.High-Tech Materials research program: ‘New Horizons in designer materials’ (www.4tu.nl/htm)32 for financial support. MC and GJV thank the Marie Curie Initial Training Network “Complex Wetting Phenomena” (CoWet), grant agreement n. 607861. ST thanks the University of Twente and the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology for financial support. Mr. Clemens Padberg is acknowledged for his support with polymer characterization. Supporting Information Supporting Information Available: Experimental procedures,

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