Self-assembly of pH-responsive and fluorescent comb-like amphiphilic copolymers in aqueous media

Polymer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (15) ◽  
pp. 3377-3386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Li ◽  
Guo Liang Li ◽  
Zhiguo Zhang ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Koon-Gee Neoh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Amphiphilic Copolymers ◽  
Ph Responsive

scholarly journals Synthesis of amphiphilic copolymers based on acrylic acid, fluoroalkyl acrylates and n-butyl acrylate in organic, aqueous–organic, and aqueous media via RAFT polymerization

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (39) ◽  
pp. 24522-24536 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Serkhacheva ◽  
O. I. Smirnov ◽  
A. V. Tolkachev ◽  
N. I. Prokopov ◽  
A. V. Plutalova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Polyacrylic Acid ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Butyl Acrylate ◽  
Raft Polymerization ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Amphiphilic Copolymers

Hydrophilic and amphiphilic polymeric trithiocarbonates based on polyacrylic acid are able to provide polymerization-induced self-assembly in copolymerization of butyl and fluoroalkyl acrylates.

A water-soluble metal–organic complex array as a multinuclear heterometallic peptide amphiphile that shows unconventional anion dependency in its self-assembly

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1579-1581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradip K. Sukul ◽  
Purnandhu Bose ◽  
Toshiaki Takei ◽  
Omar M. Yaghi ◽  
Ying He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Ph Responsive ◽  
Organic Complex ◽  
Peptide Amphiphile ◽  
Short Peptide ◽  
Self Assembling ◽  
Metal Organic Complex ◽  
Metal Organic

Water-soluble metal–organic complex array 1, bearing Ru(ii), Pt(ii) and Rh(iii) complexes at the side residues of the short peptide, exhibits anion and pH-responsive self-assembling behaviours in aqueous media.

Bottom-up Evolution from Disks to High-Genus Polymersomes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Contini ◽  
Russell Pearson ◽  
Linge Wang ◽  
Lea Messager ◽  
Jens Gaitzsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Amphiphilic Copolymers ◽  
Chain Entanglement ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
New Approach ◽  
High Genus ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Minimal Radius ◽  
Stop Flow

<div><div><div><p>We report the design of polymersomes using a bottom-up approach where the self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers poly(2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl phosphorylcholine)–poly(2-(diisopropylamino) ethyl methacrylate) (PMPC-PDPA) into membranes is tuned using pH and temperature. We study this process in detail using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and stop-flow ab- sorbance disclosing the molecular and supramolecular anatomy of each structure observed. We report a clear evolution from disk micelles to vesicle to high-genus vesicles where each passage is controlled by pH switch or temperature. We show that the process can be rationalised adapting membrane physics theories disclosing important scaling principles that allow the estimation of the vesiculation minimal radius as well as chain entanglement and coupling. This allows us to propose a new approach to generate nanoscale vesicles with genus from 0 to 70 which have been very elusive and difficult to control so far.</p></div></div></div>

Bottom-up Evolution from Disks to High-Genus Polymersomes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Contini ◽  
Russell Pearson ◽  
Linge Wang ◽  
Lea Messager ◽  
Jens Gaitzsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Amphiphilic Copolymers ◽  
Chain Entanglement ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
New Approach ◽  
High Genus ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Minimal Radius ◽  
Stop Flow

<div><div><div><p>We report the design of polymersomes using a bottom-up approach where the self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers poly(2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl phosphorylcholine)–poly(2-(diisopropylamino) ethyl methacrylate) (PMPC-PDPA) into membranes is tuned using pH and temperature. We study this process in detail using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and stop-flow ab- sorbance disclosing the molecular and supramolecular anatomy of each structure observed. We report a clear evolution from disk micelles to vesicle to high-genus vesicles where each passage is controlled by pH switch or temperature. We show that the process can be rationalised adapting membrane physics theories disclosing important scaling principles that allow the estimation of the vesiculation minimal radius as well as chain entanglement and coupling. This allows us to propose a new approach to generate nanoscale vesicles with genus from 0 to 70 which have been very elusive and difficult to control so far.</p></div></div></div>

Plasmonics tunable Ag-coated gold nanorods arrays as reusable SERS substrates for multiplexed antibiotics detection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoya Peng ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Yuanting Li ◽  
Haibo Xing ◽  
Wei Deng
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanorods ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Antibiotic Residues ◽  
Sers Substrates ◽  
Antibiotics Detection ◽  
Robust Strategies

Antibiotic contaminants in aqueous media pose serious threat to human and ecological environments. Therefore, it is necessary to develop robust strategies to detect antibiotic residues. For this purpose, a self-assembly...

scholarly journals Luminescent Supramolecular Nano- or Microstructures Formed in Aqueous Media by Amphiphile-Noble Metal Complexes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Cretu ◽  
Loredana Maiuolo ◽  
Domenico Lombardo ◽  
Elisabeta I. Szerb ◽  
Pietro Calandra
Keyword(s):  
Noble Metal ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Noble Metals ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Molecular Architecture ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
Amphiphilic Molecules

The involvement of metal ions within the self-assembly spontaneously occurring in surfactant-based systems gives additional and interesting features. The electronic states of the metal, together with the bonds that can be established with the organic amphiphilic counterpart, are the factors triggering new photophysical properties. Moreover, the availability of stimuli-responsive supramolecular amphiphile assemblies, able to disassemble in a back-process, provides reversible switching particularly useful in novel approaches and applications giving rise to truly smart materials. In particular, small amphiphiles with an inner distribution, within their molecular architecture, of various polar and apolar functional groups, can give a wide variety of interactions and therefore enriched self-assemblies. If it is joined with the opportune presence and localization of noble metals, whose chemical and photophysical properties are undiscussed, then very interesting materials can be obtained. In this minireview, the basic concepts on self-assembly of small amphiphilic molecules with noble metals are shown with particular reference to the photophysical properties aiming at furnishing to the reader a panoramic view of these exciting problematics. In this respect, the following will be shown: (i) the principles of self-assembly of amphiphiles that involve noble metals, (ii) examples of amphiphiles and amphiphile-noble metal systems as representatives of systems with enhanced photophysical properties, and (iii) final comments and perspectives with some examples of modern applications.

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