Balafouti Anastasia, Pispas Stergios
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave, 11635 Athens, Greece.
Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), 15784 Athens, Greece.
Polymers (Basel). 2025 May 26;17(11):1473. doi: 10.3390/polym17111473.
In this study, we explore the design of novel random poly(lauryl methacrylate-co-tert-butyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid), P(LMA-co-tBMA-co-MAA) copolymers via the RAFT copolymerization of LMA and tBMA followed by the selective hydrolysis of tBMA segments. For the molecular characterization of the novel copolymer, a series of physicochemical techniques were implemented, including size exclusion chromatography (SEC), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (H-NMR) and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. Our experimental results confirmed the successful synthesis of the targeted copolymers. The compositions were in accordance with the targeted differing fraction of hydrophobic tBMA/LMA elements, and hydrolysis resulted in at least 64% conversion to hydrophilic MAA units. The copolymers, bearing both an amphiphilic character and polyelectrolyte properties while being composed of randomly distributed monomeric segments of biocompatible materials, were subsequently investigated in terms of their self-assembly behavior in aqueous solutions. Dynamic light scattering and fluorescence spectroscopy experiments demonstrated the formation of self-assembled nanoaggregates (average hydrodynamic radii, R < 100 nm) that formed spontaneously, having low critical aggregation concentration (CAC) values (below 3.5 × 10 g/mL), and highlighted the feasibility of using these copolymer systems as nanocarriers for biomedical applications.
在本研究中,我们通过甲基丙烯酸月桂酯(LMA)和甲基丙烯酸叔丁酯(tBMA)的可逆加成-断裂链转移(RAFT)共聚反应,随后对tBMA链段进行选择性水解,探索了新型无规聚(甲基丙烯酸月桂酯-甲基丙烯酸叔丁酯-甲基丙烯酸),即P(LMA-co-tBMA-co-MAA)共聚物的设计。为了对新型共聚物进行分子表征,我们采用了一系列物理化学技术,包括尺寸排阻色谱法(SEC)、质子核磁共振(H-NMR)和衰减全反射傅里叶变换红外光谱(ATR-FTIR)。我们的实验结果证实了目标共聚物的成功合成。其组成与疏水tBMA/LMA元素的目标不同比例相符,水解导致至少64%转化为亲水性MAA单元。这些共聚物具有两亲性和聚电解质性质,同时由生物相容性材料的无规分布单体链段组成,随后我们研究了它们在水溶液中的自组装行为。动态光散射和荧光光谱实验表明形成了自发形成的自组装纳米聚集体(平均流体力学半径,R<100nm),其临界聚集浓度(CAC)值较低(低于3.5×10 g/mL),并突出了使用这些共聚物体系作为生物医学应用纳米载体的可行性。
Materials (Basel). 2023-12-18
Materials (Basel). 2023-1-24
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022-10-27
Polymers (Basel). 2024-5-8
Int J Pharm. 2024-12-5
Materials (Basel). 2021-12-31
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2021-11-2
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2021-5
J Pers Med. 2021-2-10
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2020-7-19