Patent ID: 8557031
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: C08F,C09D

Abstract:
1. A method of attaching alkene-functionalized ceragenins to a surface of a polymer substrate, comprising, in the order listed: a) providing a polymer substrate with free amine groups on a surface of the substrate; b) attaching alkenes to the free amine groups, thereby alkene-functionalizing the surface; c) contacting the alkene-functionalized surface with a monomer solution comprising an alkene-functionalized ceragenin monomer, a comonomer, an initiator, and a solvent, thereby initiating a polymerization reaction; and d) forming ceragenin-containing copolymer reaction products that are chemically grafted to the surface of the polymer substrate; wherein the monomer solution further comprises a surfactant or wetting agent.