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BIOMACROMOLECULES
卷 14, 期 5, 页码 1669-1677出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm400327a
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- McCutchen Foundation
- Otis Williams fellowship
- MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation under Award NSF [DMR 1121053]
Normal (e.g., adhesion) and lateral (friction) forces were measured between physisorbed and chemically grafted layers of hyaluronic acid (HA), an anionic polyelectrolyte in the presence of lubricin (Lub), a mucinous glycoprotein, on mica surfaces using a surface forces apparatus (SFA). This work demonstrates that high friction coefficients between the surfaces do not necessarily correlate with surface damage and that chemically grafted HA acts synergistically with Lub to provide friction reduction and enhanced wear protection to the surfaces. Surface immobilization of HA by grafting is necessary for such wear protection. Increasing the concentration of Lub enhances the threshold load that a chemically grafted HA surface can be subjected to before the onset of wear. Addition of Lub does not have any beneficial effect if HA is physisorbed to the mica surfaces. Damage occurs at loads less than 1 mN regardless of the amount of Lub, indicating that the molecules in the bulk play little or no role in protecting the surfaces from damage. Lub penetrates into the chemically bound HA to form a viscoelastic gel that reduces the coefficient of friction as well as boosts the strength of the surface against abrasive wear (damage).
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