Molecular diversity in phenolic and polyphenolic precursors of tannin-inspired nanocoatings
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Devin G Barrett1, Tadas S Sileika, Phillip B Messersmith
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. philm@northwestern.edu.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 30, 2014
Abstract:
The strong interfacial properties of selected plant polyphenols were recently exploited in forming functionally versatile nanocoatings via dip-coating. Here, we screened a library of ~20 natural and synthetic phenols and polyphenols, identifying eight catechol-, gallol- and resorcinol-rich precursors capable of forming coatings. Several newly identified compounds expand the molecular diversity of tannin-inspired coatings.
