Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 S. Wood St. Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Oct 7;47(37):10302-4. doi: 10.1039/c1cc14331j. Epub 2011 Aug 22.
PEGylated dendron coils (PDCs) were investigated as a novel potential nanocarrier platform. PDCs self-assembled into micelles at lower CMCs than linear copolymer counterparts by 1-2 orders of magnitude, due to the unique architecture of dendrons. MD simulations also supported thermodynamically favourable self-assembly mediated by dendrons.
聚乙二醇化树枝状聚合物线圈(PDCs)被研究为一种新型的潜在纳米载体平台。PDCs 通过 1-2 个数量级的自组装成胶束,低于线性共聚物对照物,这是由于树枝状聚合物的独特结构。分子动力学模拟也支持了树枝状聚合物介导的热力学有利的自组装。