Mono 2 methacryloyloxy ethyl succinate

The following components were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO): 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), methacrylic acid (MA), camphoroquinone (CQ), ethyl-4-(dimethylamino) benzoate (EDMAB), diphenyliodonium hexafluorophosphate (DPIHP), mono(2-methacryloyloxy)ethyl succinate (MMES), dodecyltrichlorosilane, chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX), N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF), dichloromethane (DCM), and N-methyl morpholine (NMM). γ-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (MPS) was used as received from MP Biomedicals (Solon, OH). Rink amide resin, Fmoc-amino acid building blocks and 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluranium hexafluorophosphate (HBTU) were purchased from AAPPTec LLC (Louisville, KY). All chemicals were used as received without further purification.

Diethylene glycol ethyl ether acrylate (DEGEEA), di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (DEGMA), mono-2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl succinate (mMAOES), (R)-α-acryloyloxy-β,β-dimethyl-γbutyrolactone (AODMBA), triethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate (TEGMA), isobornyl acrylate (iBoA), isodecyl methacrylate (iDMA), 2,2′-azobis (2-methylpropionitrile) (AIBN, 98%), 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone (DMPA), 2,2′-azobis(4-methoxy-2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile (V70) and mercaptopropionic acid (MPA, 99%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (monomer structures are given in Fig. S1†). Dodecanthiol (DDM, 98%) was acquired from Fluka. Cyclohexanone (99%) and tetrahydrofuran (THF, 99%) were used as solvents for the polymer synthesis while hexane, methanol and chloroform were the anti-solvents used for polymer precipitations, all supplied by Fisher Scientific. Potato dextrose agar (PDA) was obtained from Oxoid and potato dextrose broth (PDB) was supplied by Sigma-Aldrich. All the materials were used as received unless stated otherwise.