Molecular compounds having complementary surfaces to targets
First Claim
1. A synthetic polymer complement (“
- SPC”
) comprising a crosslinked three-dimensional polymeric network having a diameter less than about 1000 nm and comprising target binding sites on its surface, the target binding sites being complementary to at least a portion of the surface topology and force field of a target, and wherein the polymeric network is comprised of monomers consisting of at least one crosslinking group and at least one head group selected from the group consisting of sugars, proteins, and carbohydrates, which head group is a functional group capable of undergoing a binding interaction with a site on the target.
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Abstract
Synthetic polymer complements (SPCs) are provided, as well as methods for their synthesis and use. The SPCs may have surfaces that include functional groups that are complementary to surface sites of targets such as nanostructures or macromolecular targets, and may be capable of specifically interacting with such targets. The positions of the functional groups in one embodiment are stabilized by a polymer network. The SPCs are formed by contacting the target with a set of monomers which self-assemble on the target, and then are polymerized into a network to form the synthetic polymer complement. At least a portion of the surface of the resulting SPC thus may include an imprint of the target. The complex of the SPC and the target may be the desired product. Alternatively, the target is released, for example, by controllably expanding and contracting the crosslinked network. The SPC is isolated and used in many applications.
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36 Claims
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1. A synthetic polymer complement (“
- SPC”
) comprising a crosslinked three-dimensional polymeric network having a diameter less than about 1000 nm and comprising target binding sites on its surface, the target binding sites being complementary to at least a portion of the surface topology and force field of a target, and wherein the polymeric network is comprised of monomers consisting of at least one crosslinking group and at least one head group selected from the group consisting of sugars, proteins, and carbohydrates, which head group is a functional group capable of undergoing a binding interaction with a site on the target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- SPC”
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16. A synthetic polymer complement (“
- SPC”
) comprising a crosslinked three-dimensional polymeric network having a diameter less than about 1000 nm, and wherein the SPC is capable of binding a target, and wherein the SPC is formed by;providing a set of monomers, at least some of the monomers comprising i) at least one head group, which is a functional group capable of undergoing a binding interaction with a site on the target, the head group being selected from the group consisting of sugars, proteins, and carbohydrates; and
ii) at least one crosslinking group, which is a reactive group capable of covalently reacting to crosslink monomers of the monomer set;
contacting the set of monomers with the target to permit the monomers to self assemble on the target;
reacting the crosslinking groups of the monomers of the monomer set; and
removing the target;
to form the SPC comprising one or more three-dimensional binding sites on its surface, the binding sites being complementary in shape to at least a portion of the surface of the target. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- SPC”
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