Microelectrochemical modulation of micropatterned cellular environments

作者：Zhao Chuan; Zawisza Izabella; Nullmeier Martina; Burchardt Malte; Taeduble Markus; Witte Irene; Wittstock Gunther^*

来源：Langmuir, 2008, 24(14): 7605-7613.

DOI：10.1021/la8003432

Patterned cell cultures obtained by microcontact printing have been modified in situ by a microelectrochemical technique. It relies on lifting cell-repellent properties of oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMS) by Br(2), which is produced locally by an ultramicroelectrode of a scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM). After Br(2) treatment the SAM shows increased permeability and terminal hydrophobicity as characterized by SECM approach curves and contact angle measurements, respectively. Polarization-modulation Fourier transform infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopic (PM FTIRRAS) studies on macroscopic samples show that the Br(2) treatment removes the oligo(ethelyene glycol) part of the monolayer within a second time scale while the alkyl part of the SAM degrades with a much slower rate. The lateral extension of the modification can be limited because heterogeneous electron transfer from the gold support destroys part of the electrogenerated Br(2) once the monolayer is locally damaged in a SECM feedback configuration. This effect has been reproduced and analyzed by exposing SAM-modified samples to Br(2) in the galvanic cell Au vertical bar SAM vertical bar 5 mu M Br(2) + 0.1 M Na(2)SO(4)parallel to 10 mu M KBr + 0. 1 M Na(2)SO(4)vertical bar Au followed by an PM FTIRRAS characterization of the changes in the monolayer system.

• 出版日期2008-7-15