On the origin of electrostatic interaction in foam films from ABA triblock copolymers

2008 ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Exerowa ◽  
R. Ivanova ◽  
R. Sedev
Keyword(s):  
Electrostatic Interaction ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Foam Films

FOAMABILITY OF PEO-PPO-PEO TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS (P85 AND F108) AND ROLE OF THE FOAM FILMS

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1759-1776 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sedev ◽  
B. Jachimska ◽  
Khr. Khristov ◽  
K. Malysa ◽  
D. Exerowa
Keyword(s):  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Foam Films

‘Static’ and steady-state foams from ABA triblock copolymers: influence of the type of foam films

2001 ◽  
Vol 186 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khristo Khristov ◽  
B Jachimska ◽  
Kazimierz Malysa ◽  
Dotchi Exerowa
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Foam Films

Self-Assembly of Hydrogels From Elastin-Mimetic Block Copolymers

2002 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R. Wright ◽  
R. Andrew McMillan ◽  
Alan Cooper ◽  
Robert P. Apkarian ◽  
Vincent P. Conticello
Keyword(s):  
Block Copolymers ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Inverse Temperature ◽  
Temperature Transition ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Inverse Temperature Transition ◽  
Functional Biomaterials

AbstractTriblock copolymers have traditionally been synthesized with conventional organic components. However, triblock copolymers could be synthesized by the incorporation of two incompatible protein-based polymers. The polypeptides would differ in their hydrophobicity and confer unique physiochemical properties to the resultant materials. One protein-based polymer, based on a sequence of native elastin, that has been utilized in the synthesis of biomaterials is poly (Valine-Proline-Glycine-ValineGlycine) or poly(VPGVG) [1]. This polypeptide has been shown to have an inverse temperature transition that can be adjusted by non-conservative amino acid substitutions in the fourth position [2]. By combining polypeptide blocks with different inverse temperature transition values due to hydrophobicity differences, we expect to produce amphiphilic polypeptides capable of self-assembly into hydrogels. Our research examines the design, synthesis and characterization of elastin-mimetic block copolymers as functional biomaterials. The methods that are used for the characterization include variable temperature 1D and 2D High-Resolution-NMR, cryo-High Resolutions Scanning Electron Microscopy and Differential Scanning Calorimetry.

Multiscale Simulations of Triblock Copolymers

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 167-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Andzelm ◽  
Frederick L. Beyer ◽  
James Snyder ◽  
Peter W. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Multiscale Simulations

Kinetics of the Imidazolium Ring-Opening of mRNA 5'-cap Analogs in Aqueous Alkali

2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Stachelska ◽  
Zbigniew J. Wieczorek ◽  
Janusz Stępiński ◽  
Marzena Jankowska-Anyszka ◽  
Harri Lönnberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrostatic Interaction ◽  
Ring Opening ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Amino Groups ◽  
Hydroxide Ion ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Structural Modifications ◽  
Alkyl Groups ◽  
Imidazolium Ring ◽  
Kinetics Of

Second-order rate constants for the hydroxide-ion-catalyzed imidazolium ring-opening of several mono- and dinucleosidic analogs of mRNA 5'-cap have been determined. Intramolecular stacking of the two nucleobases in the dinucleosidic analogs, m7GpppN (m7G = 7-methylguanosine, N = 5'-linked nucleoside), and electrostatic interaction between the N-alkylated imidazolium ring and phosphate moiety have been shown to shield the m7G moiety against the nucleophilic attack of hydroxide ion. In addition, the effect of methylation of the nucleobase amino groups and replacement of the 7-methyl group with other alkyl groups have been studied. The influence of all the structural modifications studied turned out to be modest, the cleavage rates of the most and least reactive analogs (with the exception of non-phosphorylated nucleosides) differing only by a factor of 5.

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