Congratulations to Kyueui Lee, Katerina Malollari, Jisoo Shin, Sally Winkler, Yuting Zheng on publication of their paper “Laser-induced graphitization of polydopamine leads to enhanced mechanical performance while preserving multifunctionality” in Nature Communications!
In this work, blue diode laser-annealing is introduced to enhance mechanical stability of polydopamine through partial graphitization while preserving its multifunctionality. Moreover, surface roughness of polydopamine is significantly reduced by the laser annealing. The versatility of the laser-annealed polydopamine is demonstrated by grafting of a biofouling polymer, leading dramatic reduction in bacterial attachment compared to conventional polydopamine modified with the same polymer.
This work was done by collaboration with Laser Thermal Laboratory at UC Berkeley (thanks to Minok Park, Jung Hwan Park, Costas P. Grigoropoulos).
Check out this work in Nature Communications:
Laser-induced graphitization of polydopamine leads to enhanced mechanical performance while preserving multifunctionality
The real story behind the paper is also available in Nature Research Chemistry Community: https://go.nature.com/2GaIYxL
