Acyl chloride

4-hydroxyazobenzene, 2,2’-dihydroxyazobenzene,
azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN), and bisphenol A-glycidyl
methacrylate (bisGMA), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)
and Dichloromethane (DCM) were acquired from
Sigma-Aldrich^™ (St. Louis, MO, USA). AIBN was
recrystallized in methanol prior to use. triethylene glycol dimethacrylate
(TEGDMA), 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, and acyl chloride were
acquired from Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Portland, OR, USA).
Triethylamine, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and silica gel were
acquired from Thermo Fisher Scientific^™ (Pittsburgh, PA,
USA).

Unless otherwise stated, all compounds and solvents were used as received. 4-hydroxyazobenzene, 2’-dihydroxyazobenzene, and AIBN were acquired from Aldrich. AIBN was recrystallized in methanol prior to use. HEMA, MMA, and PMMA (≈35 k) were acquired from Acros Organics. TEGDMA, 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, and acyl chloride were acquired from Tokyo Chemical Industry. N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), triethylamine, and silica gel were acquired from Fisher. THF was acquired from VWR. Dichloromethane (DCM) was acquired from Millipore. Rhodamine B was acquired from PolySciences.
S. mutans American Type Culture Collection (ATCC 25175), S. aureus (Herbert, 2010 HG001 or AH2183 or RN1HG), S. oralis (ATCC 9811), and A. actinomycetemcomitans (ATCC 43718), and E. coli (Mysorekar, 2013) were provided from the sources listed. BBL BHI media and Difco agar were acquired from Becton, Dickinson and Company. Sucrose for cell growth was acquired from MP Biomedicals, LLC. Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was acquired from Bioland Scientific. Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium (DMEM) media and fetal bovine serum (FBS) was acquired from Fisher. Penicillin-streptomycin and trypsin solution 10X (2.5%) was acquired from Aldrich.