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Chiara Botta

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Oligophenylenevinylenes in Spatially Confined Nanochannels: Monitoring Intermolecular Interactions by UV/Vis and Raman Spectroscopy

2008

Perhydrotriphenylene-based channel-forming inclusion compounds (ICs) and thin films made of polyphenylenevinylene (PPV)-type oligomers with terminal alkoxy groups are investigated and compared in a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Interchromophore interactions and host-guest interactions are elucidated by UV/Vis and Raman spectroscopy. The impact of the local environment of the chromophore on the optical and photophysical properties is discussed in light of quantum-chemical calculations. In stark contrast to thin films where preferential side-by-side orientation leads to quenching of photoluminescence (PL) via non-emissive traps, the ICs are found to be attractive materials f…

Quenching (fluorescence)Materials sciencePhotoluminescenceIntermolecular forceAnalytical chemistryChromophoreCondensed Matter PhysicsPhotochemistryElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsBiomaterialssymbols.namesakeUltraviolet visible spectroscopynanochannels inclusion compoundsElectrochemistryAlkoxy groupsymbolsThin filmRaman spectroscopyFIS/03 - FISICA DELLA MATERIA
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Physicochemical Properties of A New PEGylated Polybenzofulvene Brush for Drug Encapsulation

2019

A new polymer brush was synthesized by spontaneous polymerization of benzofulvene macromonomer 6-MOEG-9-T-BF3k bearing a nona(ethylene glycol) side chain linked to the 3-phenylindene scaffold by means of a triazole heterocycle. The polymer structure was studied by SEC-MALS, NMR spectroscopy, and MALDI-TOF MS techniques, and the results supported the role of oligomeric initiatory species in the spontaneous polymerization of polybenzofulvene derivatives. The aggregation features of high molecular weight poly-6-MOEG-9-T-BF3k-FE were investigated by pyrene fluorescence analysis, dynamic light scattering studies, and transmission electron microscopy, which suggested a tendency towards the format…

lcsh:RS1-441Pharmaceutical ScienceAffinity polymerization; Drug delivery systems; Grafting through; Nanocarrier; PEGylation; Polybenzofulvene; Spontaneous polymerization02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistryPolymer brush01 natural sciencesArticlelcsh:Pharmacy and materia medicadrug delivery systemschemistry.chemical_compoundDynamic light scatteringSide chaindrug delivery systemchemistry.chemical_classificationaffinity polymerizationgrafting throughpolybenzofulvenePEGylationPolymer021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyMacromonomer0104 chemical sciencesspontaneous polymerizationPolymerizationchemistryChemical engineeringPEGylation; grafting through; polybenzofulvene; nanocarrier; drug delivery systems; spontaneous polymerization; anity polymerizationDrug deliverynanocarrier0210 nano-technologyEthylene glycolPharmaceutics
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Hyaluronan-Based Graft Copolymers Bearing Aggregation-Induced Emission Flurogens

2017

In order to develop a technology platform based on two natural compounds from biorenewable resources, a short series of hyaluronan (HA) copolymers grafted with propargylated ferulic acid (HA-FA-Pg) were designed and synthesized to show different grafting degree values and their optical properties were characterized in comparison with reference compounds containing the same ferulate fluorophore. Interestingly, these studies revealed that the ferulate fluorophore was quite sensitive to the restriction of intramolecular motion and its introduction into the rigid HA backbone, as in HA-FA-Pg graft copolymers, led to higher photoluminescence quantum yield values than those obtained with the isola…

FluorophoreGeneral Chemical EngineeringfluorogenSQuantum yield02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesFerulic acidhyaluronanchemistry.chemical_compoundCopolymerChemical Engineering (all)Aqueous solutionAGGREGATION INDUCED EMISSIONChemistryChemistry (all)General Chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyGraftingCombinatorial chemistry0104 chemical sciencesSettore CHIM/09 - Farmaceutico Tecnologico ApplicativoPropargylChemistry (all); Chemical Engineering (all)0210 nano-technologyEthylene glycolAggregation-induced emissionsAqueous environmentBiomedical applicationsferulic acid
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