Synthesis and self-assembly of well-defined poly(amino acid) end-capped poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline).
Synthesis and self-assembly of well-defined poly(amino acid) end-capped poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline).
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DOI:
10.1021/bm201048x
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发表时间:
2011-10-10
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Scholz C
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作者:
Obeid R;Scholz C
Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMOx) are water-soluble, biocompatible polymers with stealth hemolytic activities. Poly(amino acid) (PAA) end-capped PEG and PMOx were prepared using amino-terminated derivatives of PEG and PMOx as macroinitiators for the ring-opening polymerization of γ-benzyl protected L-glutamate N-carboxyanhydride and S-benzyloxycarbonyl protected L-cysteine N-carboxyanhydride, respectively, in the presence of urea, at room temperature. The molecular weight of the PAA moiety was kept between Mn = 2,200 and 3,000 g mol−1, PMOx was polymerized by cationic ring-opening polymerization resulting in molecular weights of Mn = 5,000 and 10,000 g mol−1, PEG was a commercial product with Mn = 5,000 g mol−1. Here, we investigate the self-assembly of the resulting amphiphilic block copolymers in water and the effect of the chemical structure of the block copolymers on the solution properties of self-assembled nanostructures. The PEG-block-poly(amino acid), PEG-b-PAA, and PMOx-block-poly(amino acid), PMOx-b-PAA, block copolymers have a narrow and monomodal molecular weight distribution (PDI < 1.3). Their self-assembly in water was studied by dynamic light scattering and fluorescence spectroscopy. In aqueous solution, the block copolymers associate into particles with hydrodynamic radii (RH) ranging in size from RH 70 to 130 nm, depending on the block copolymer architecture and the polymer molecular weight. Larger RH and critical association concentration values were obtained for copolymers containing poly(S-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-cysteine) compared to their poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) analog. FTIR investigations revealed that the poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) block adopts a helical conformation, while the poly(S-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-cysteine) block exists as β–sheet.
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影响因子:
15
作者:
KALYANASUNDARAM, K;THOMAS, JK
通讯作者:
THOMAS, JK
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
Deming, TJ
通讯作者:
Deming, TJ
影响因子:
15
作者:
LUNDBERG, RD;DOTY, P
通讯作者:
DOTY, P
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Vayaboury, W;Giani, O;Schué, F
通讯作者:
Schué, F
影响因子:
41.2
作者:
Bellomo, EG;Wyrsta, MD;Deming, TJ
通讯作者:
Deming, TJ