The invention discloses a method for hydrophilically modifying a polyacrylic ester or polyacrylic ester
copolymer material and a product prepared with the method. The modification method comprises the following steps of: (1) performing swelling pretreatment on microspheres by using an
organic solvent; (2) under the action of an
alkaline catalyst, catalyzing ring opening of an
epoxy group for reacting with hydroxy groups of polysaccharides to generate a stable
ester bond, and chemically bonding hydrophilic
polysaccharide molecules on the surfaces of the microspheres; and (3) under an alkaline condition, crosslinking and reinforcing the
polysaccharide molecules bonded on the surfaces of the microspheres by using a
bifunctional crosslinking agent. The method provided by the invention is easy and convenient to operate, and has mild
reaction conditions; and an obtained hydrophilic material is stable, a
coating is prevented from falling easily, and
nonspecific adsorption of
polymer microspheres on proteins is well suppressed. According to hydrophilically-modified polyacrylic ester microspheres, rich hydroxy groups contained in a hydrophilic layer can be further derived into other various functional groups; and the microspheres have great application prospects in the field of
biotechnology, particularly in the field of biochemical separation.