Self-Assembly of a Thermally Responsive Double-Hydrophilic Copolymer in Ethanol–Water Mixtures: The Effect of Preferential Adsorption and Co-Nonsolvency

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (22) ◽  
pp. 6072-6078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria I. Michailova ◽  
Denitsa B. Momekova ◽  
Hristiana A. Velichkova ◽  
Evgeni H. Ivanov ◽  
Rumiana K. Kotsilkova ◽  
...  
2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1683-1687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. McDaniel ◽  
Jayanta Bhattacharyya ◽  
Kevin B. Vargo ◽  
Wafa Hassouneh ◽  
Daniel A. Hammer ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (20) ◽  
pp. 4720-4732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iliyana V. Berlinova ◽  
Plamen V. Iliev ◽  
Nikolay G. Vladimirov ◽  
Christo P. Novakov

Polymer ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 2059-2067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana N. Nedelcheva ◽  
Christo P. Novakov ◽  
Stojan M. Miloshev ◽  
Iliyana V. Berlinova

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (25) ◽  
pp. 4257-4260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wookhyun Kim ◽  
Julie Thévenot ◽  
Emmanuel Ibarboure ◽  
Sébastien Lecommandoux ◽  
Elliot L. Chaikof

2010 ◽  
Vol 122 (25) ◽  
pp. 4353-4356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wookhyun Kim ◽  
Julie Thévenot ◽  
Emmanuel Ibarboure ◽  
Sébastien Lecommandoux ◽  
Elliot L. Chaikof

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 674-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tibor Kudernac ◽  
Natalia Shabelina ◽  
Wael Mamdouh ◽  
Sigurd Höger ◽  
Steven De Feyter

Despite their importance in self-assembly processes, the influence of charged counterions on the geometry of self-assembled organic monolayers and their direct localisation within the monolayers has been given little attention. Recently, various examples of self-assembled monolayers composed of charged molecules on surfaces have been reported, but no effort has been made to prove the presence of counterions within the monolayer. Here we show that visualisation and exact localisation of counterions within self-assembled monolayers can be achieved with scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM). The presence of charges on the studied shape-persistent macrocycles is shown to have a profound effect on the self-assembly process at the liquid–solid interface. Furthermore, preferential adsorption was observed for the uncharged analogue of the macrocycle on a surface.


2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (6) ◽  
pp. 1727-1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. McDaniel ◽  
Jayanta Bhattacharyya ◽  
Kevin B. Vargo ◽  
Wafa Hassouneh ◽  
Daniel A. Hammer ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
pp. 2815-2823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaotian Ji ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
Hanying Zhao

Thermal-responsive polymer chains with pendant lysozyme molecules were prepared via a “grafting to” approach. The bioconjugates were able to self-assemble into mesoglobules at a temperature above their cloud point.


2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 2896-2901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Wuli Yang ◽  
Changchun Wang ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Shoukuan Fu

Thermally-responsive graft copolymer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-(hydroxylmethyl)acrylamide)-g-poly(lactide) was synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of D,L-lactide (LA). The polymerization was initiated by the hydroxy group of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-N-(hydroxylmethyl)acrylamide), using stannous octoate as catalyst. The resulting polymer was temperature-sensitive and the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) was affected by their composition. The chemical structure and physical properties of the grafted copolymers were investigated by various methods. Nanocontainers formed from the self-assembly of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-(hydroxylmethyl) acrylamide)-g-poly(lactide) were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and a spherical structure was observed. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) results indicate that the particle size increased with the increase of polylactide content in the copolymer. The properties of this polymer are interesting for both industrial application and fundamental research. In particular it will combine a spatial specificity in a passive manner and a temperature-responsive active targeting mechanism for drug delivery system.


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