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AUTHOR
Pedro Henrique Hermes De Araújo
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Covalently Binding of Bovine Serum Albumin to Unsaturated Poly(Globalide-Co-ε-Caprolactone) Nanoparticles by Thiol-Ene Reactions.
2019
When nanoparticles (NPs) are introduced to a biological fluid, different proteins (and other biomolecules) rapidly get adsorbed onto their surface, forming a protein corona capable of giving to the NPs a new "identity" and determine their biological fate. Protein-nanoparticle conjugation can be used in order to promote specific interactions between living systems and nanocarriers. Non-covalent conjugates are less stable and more susceptible to desorption in biological media, which makes the development of engineered nanoparticle surfaces by covalent attachment an interesting topic. In this work, the surface of poly(globalide-co-e-caprolactone) (PGlCL) nanoparticles containing double bonds i…
ALTMET Polymerization of Amino Acid-Based Monomers Targeting Controlled Drug Release
2016
Giving the imminent necessity of a new generation of biodegradable and biocompatible polymers prepared from feedstock, the synthesis of a potentially biodegradable amino acid-based copolymer by the alternating diene metathesis (ALTMET) strategy is herein presented. The reaction was tailored to minimize isomerization and deactivation of ruthenium catalysts by intramolecular coordination with the amide carbonyl group of the amino-acid-based monomer. Alternated l-lysine–phosphoester copolymers with molar masses higher than 18 000 g/mol were obtained using Hoveyda–Grubbs second-generation and Umicore M2 catalysts. The copolymer was further used to prepare nanoparticles loaded with rifampicin (u…
pH-responsive physically and chemically cross-linked glutamic-acid-based hydrogels and nanogels
2018
Abstract Given the great demand for polymers prepared from renewable materials, the synthesis of a glutamic-acid-based hydrogel by solution and inverse miniemulsion polymerization is herein presented. Free radical initiated homopolymerizations of N-acryloyl- l -glutamic acid (l- AGA) resulted in either a readily water-soluble polymer or a physically cross-linked hydrogel, being the formation of physical cross-linking junctions closely related to monomer concentration and mixture viscosity. Chemically cross-linked poly( l -AGA-co-BIS) hydrogels were also synthesized by copolymerization of l -AGA and N,N′-methylenebis(acrylamide) (BIS). Both poly (l- AGA) and poly( l -AGA-co-BIS) swelling beh…