Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of: treating an organic polymer with an electron beam-generated plasma; exposing the treated polymer to air or an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing gas, generating hydroxyl groups on the surface of the polymer; reacting the surface with an organosilane compound having a chloro, fluoro, or alkoxy group and a functional or reactive group that is less reactive with the surface than the chloro, fluoro, or alkoxy group; and covalently immobilizing a biomolecule to the functional or reactive group or a reaction product thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 31, 2015
Publication date:
August 11, 2016
Applicant:
The Governmnet of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Inventors:
Stella H. North, Evgeniya H. Lock, Scott G. Walton, Chris Rowe Taitt