N propylamine

N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM; Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH Munich, Germany; purity 97%) and N-isopropylmethacrylamide (NIPMAM; Sigma-Aldrich, Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany; purity 97%) were purified by recrystallisation from hexane. The cross-linker N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide (BIS; Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany; purity 99%), the initiator ammonium persulfate (APS; Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany; purity ≥ 98%) and pyrene (Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany; purity ≥ 99%) were used without further purification. For all experiments, purified water from an Arium®pro VF system (Sartorius AG, Göttingen, Germany) was used.
N-n-propylacrylamide (NNPAM) was synthesized via a Schotten–Baumann reaction published by Hirano et al. [21 ]. For this reaction, acryloylchloride (Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany; purity 98%), n-propylamine (Fluka, Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Munich, Germany; purity 99%), triethylamine (Grüssing GmbH Analytika, Filsum, Germany; purity 99%) and methylenchloride (p.a.) were used as received. The obtained monomer NNPAM was washed with NaHCO ${}_3$ (10 wt %) and dried over MgSO ${}_4$ . After filtration, the solvent was evaporated and the product was distilled in vacuum (115 ${}^{°}$ C, 10 mbar).

KNO₃ (Vekton, St Petersburg, Russia, 99.9%), Bi₂O₃ (Vekton, St Petersburg, Russia, 99.9%), and TiO₂ (Vekton, St Petersburg, Russia, 99.9%) were dried at 200, 600, and 1000 °C, respectively. Methylamine (MeNH₂, 38% solution in water, Chemical line, St Petersburg, Russia,), ethylamine (EtNH₂, 70% solution in water, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany), n-propylamine (PrNH₂, Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MI, USA, 98%), n-butylamine (BuNH₂, 99.9%, Chemical line, St Petersburg, Russia,), n-hexylamine (HxNH₂, Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MI, USA, 99.9%), n-heptane (ECOS, Moscow, Russia, 99.9%), TBAOH (40 wt. % solution in water, Acros Organics, NJ, USA); polyethyleneimine (PEI, approx. M.N. 60,000, branched, 50 wt. % solution in water, Acros Organics, NJ, USA) were used as received.

The polymeric siloxane precursor—poly(vinylmethylsiloxane) terminated with trimethyl-silyl groups (VMS-T11; M_nGPC = 1800 g/mol, M_nNMR = 1000 g/mol, PDI = 1.3)—was purchased from Gelest (Morrisville, PA, USA). Other reagents: thioglyclic acid (≥99%); cysteamine (95%); n-propylamine ((≥99%); 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone (DMPA, 99%) and silica (high-purity grade, pore size 60 Å, 70–230 mesh) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA) and used as received. Solvents (toluene (Chempur, Karlsruhe, Germany, pure p.a.) and tetrahydrofuran (THF, Chempur, pure p.a.)), were purified according to the literature procedures [62 ].
Trimethylvinylsilane (Me₃SiVi, 97%), used for the in vitro tests of antimicrobial activity and for the synthesis of Me₃SiCH₂CH₂SCH₂COOH, was purchased from Sigma Aldrich and used as received. Poly(vinylsilsesquioxane) terminated with trimethylsilyl groups (LPSQ) was obtained as previously reported [50 (link)].

All the reagents and solvents were used without further purification. Silver nitrate (AgNO₃, 99.99%), sodium citrate, ammonia, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), 3-(aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane, (APTMS, 97%), toluene, diethyl ether, dichloromethane, dansyl chloride (5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonyl chloride, DNS-Cl), triethanolamine, n-propylamine, methylene chloride, triethylamine were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Poznan, Poland). All the samples were prepared using deionized water. Silver mirrors were purchased from Thin Metals Films Ltd. (Basingstoke, UK).

Nb₂O₅, K₂CO₃, n-Propylamine, dopamine (DA), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), poly-vinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and conductive carbon black were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. A liquid electrolyte consisting of 1 M LiPF₆ in ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate/ethyl methyl carbonate (1/1/1, weight ratio) with the addition of 1 wt% vinylene varbonate was provided by Shenzhen Kejingstar Technology Ltd. (Shenzhen, China). Deionized water was used in all experiments, and all of the chemicals were used without being further purified.