Thermo-sensitive micelles based on amphiphilic poly(butylene 2-methylsuccinate)-poly(ethylene glycol) multi-block copolyesters as the pesticide carriers
Thermo-sensitive micelles based on amphiphilic poly(butylene 2-methylsuccinate)-poly(ethylene glycol) multi-block copolyesters as the pesticide carriers
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基于两亲性聚(2-甲基丁二酸丁二醇酯)-聚乙二醇多嵌段共聚酯作为农药载体的热敏胶束
DOI:
10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.057
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发表时间:
2019-08-20
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5.2
通讯作者:
Guo, Baohua
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作者:
Han, Jiarui;Weng, Yunxuan;Guo, Baohua
A novel bio-based and biodegradable aliphatic multi-block copolyester, poly(butylene 2-methylsuccinate)-poly (ethylene glycol) (PBMS-PEG), was synthesized from 1,4-butanediol (BDO), 2-methylsuccinate acid (MSA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) via direct esterification and polycondensation process with tetrabutyl titanate as catalyst. Thermo-sensitive PBMS-PEG micelles were obtained by self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolyesters in aqueous medium by dialysis method. These micelles with different PEG contents have sizes varying from 74.3 nm to 138.3 nm and are stable in water over 200 days without any precipitation. A hydrophobic pesticide, Avermectin, was encapsulated in micelles by the same dialysis method. Such PBMS-PEG micelles can be used as thermo-responsive drug carrier owing to their controlled lower critical solution temperature (LCST) which can be accurately adjusted by varying the PEG proportion. The LCST increases from 27.0 degrees C to 40.0 degrees C while increasing the PEG proportion from 30% to 60%. By using the HPLC measurements, the results show when the drug loading is up to 20%, the loading efficiency is still nearly 100%. The properties of these amphiphilic micelles show that the delivery system has a promising potential to be further explored for developing a highly effective and biodegradable hydrophobic-pesticide-release formulation.