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Acid‐Cleavable Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels Displaying Protein Release at pH 5
2020
Abstract PEG is the gold standard polymer for pharmaceutical applications, however it lacks degradability. Degradation under physiologically relevant pH as present in endolysosomes, cancerous and inflammatory tissues is crucial for many areas. The authors present anionic ring‐opening copolymerization of ethylene oxide with 3,4‐epoxy‐1‐butene (EPB) and subsequent modification to introduce acid‐degradable vinyl ether groups as well as methacrylate (MA) units, enabling radical cross‐linking. Copolymers with different molar ratios of EPB, molecular weights (M n) up to 10 000 g mol−1 and narrow dispersities (Đ<1.05) were prepared. Both the P(EG‐co‐isoEPB)MA copolymer and the hydrogels showed pH‐…
Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(acrylic acid) triblock terpolymers with highly asymmetric hydrophilic blocks: synthesis …
2013
The synthesis and aggregation behaviour in aqueous media of novel amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(acrylic acid) (PEO–PnBA–PAA) triblock terpolymers were studied. Terpolymers composed of two highly asymmetric hydrophilic PEO (113 monomer units) and PAA (10–17 units) blocks, and a longer soft hydrophobic PnBA block (163 or 223 units) were synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP) of n-butyl acrylate and tert-butyl acrylate (tBA), followed by selective hydrolysis of the PtBA blocks. These terpolymers are not directly soluble in water but form defined spherical micelles by employing the dialysis method as confirmed by dynamic light scatt…
Thermodynamic Behavior of Non-Ionic Tri-block Copolymers in Water at Three Temperatures
2006
Apparent molar volumes (V Φ) of aqueous solutions of some copolymers, based on ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) units, were determined as functions of concentration at three temperatures. Viscosity measurements were also carried out on some of these systems. The effects studied include how the molecular architecture and the molecular weight affect the aggregation of the copolymer, keeping constant the EO/PO ratio. Modeling of the volumetric data yielded the partial molar volume of the copolymer in the standard (V°) and the aggregated (V M) states, as well as the equilibrium constant for micellization and the aggregation number. Analysis of the viscosity data supported the insigh…
Characterization and quantitation of mixtures of alkyl ether sulfates and carboxylic acids by capillary electrophoresis with indirect photometric det…
2003
The separation, characterization, and determination of mixtures of alkyl ether sulfates (AES) and fatty acids (C10-C16) in background electrolytes (BGEs) containing acetonitrile (ACN)-water mixtures is addressed. Due to inhibition of the ionization of the carboxylate groups, the migration time and the resolution between the fatty acids decreased when the water content of the BGE was reduced, but efficiency and resolution between the AES oligomers improved. The migration times increased and resolution improved by substituting 5% ACN by an equivalent amount of dioxane. A complete separation of the two surfactant classes, up to the AES oligomers with 8 ethylene oxide units (EOs) with respect t…
Determination of fatty alcohol ethoxylates and alkylether sulfates by anionic exchange separation, derivatization with a cyclic anhydride and liquid …
2011
A method for the separation, characterization and determination of fatty alcohol ethoxylates (FAE) and alkylether sulfates (AES) in industrial and environmental samples is described. Separation of the two surfactant classes was achieved in a 50:50 methanol-water medium by retaining AES on a strong anionic exchanger (SAX) whereas most FAE were eluted. After washing the SAX cartridges to remove cations, the residual hydrophobic FAE were eluted by increasing methanol to 80%. Finally, AES were eluted using 80:20 and 95:5 methanol-concentrated aqueous HCl mixtures. Methanol and water were removed from the FAE and AES fractions, and the residues were dissolved in 1,4-dioxane. In this medium, este…
Hyperbranched Polyglycerol-Based Lipids via Oxyanionic Polymerization: Toward Multifunctional Stealth Liposomes
2010
We describe the synthesis of linear-hyperbranched lipids for liposome preparation based on linear poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and hyperbranched polyglycerol (PG). Molecular weights were adjusted to values around 3000 g/mol with varying degrees of polymerization of the linear and the branched segments in analogy to PEG-based stealth lipids; polydispersities were generally low and below 1.3. The hydrophobic anchors were introduced into the lipid structures as initiators for the anionic polymerization of ethylene oxide and are either based on cholesterol or on different aliphatic glyceryl ethers. Complete incorporation of the apolar initiators was evidenced by MALDI-ToF analysis at all stages …
Mass Action Model Applied to the Thermodynamic Properties of Transfer of Nonionic Copolymers from Water to the Aqueous Surfactant Solutions
2003
A thermodynamic model which enables the properties of aqueous copolymer/surfactant mixtures to be fit quantitatively was proposed. Namely, a relationship between the properties of transfer of the unassociated copolymer from water to the aqueous surfactant solutions (DeltaY(t)) and the surfactant concentration was derived. The model was based on the idea that AY, can be expressed in terms of the following contributions: (1) interaction between monomers of copolymer and surfactant, (2) displacement of the monomer-micelle equilibrium induced by the copolymer, (3) formation of the surfactant-copolymer aggregation complex, and (4) formation of the mixed micelles. Such a model was applied to most…
The use of utraviolet-visible spectrophotometry in the determination of average properties of nonylphenol ethylene oxide condensates
1983
Ultraviolet spectrophotometry is usd in the determination of average molecular weight (M), average degree of polymerization (X), the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) and ethylene oxide percentage of nonylphenol ethylene oxide condensates. The method is based on determination of the absorptivity a, expressed in g lt-1 cm−1, from the absorbances measured at 275 nm for a series of dilutions of an aqeuous ethanolic solution (60:40, v/v/) of a given product, followed by numerical interpolation of this value in the expression a = f(HLB), log a = f(log M), and log a = f(log X). These expressions are obtained from reference samples or samples previously analyzed. The proposed method gives relat…
A thermodynamic study to evidence the alpha,omega-dichloroalkane/ block copolymer mixed aggregates formation: effect of the copolymer architecture.
2006
Abstract The thermodynamics of α , ω -dichloroalkanes in aqueous solutions of (ethylene oxide)11(propylene oxide)16(ethylene oxide)11 (L35) and (propylene oxide)8(ethylene oxide)23(propylene oxide)8 (10R5) was determined at 298 and 305 K. Modeling the experimental data allowed to calculate the standard free energy ( Δ G D o / w ) and the volume ( Δ V D / w ) for the additive–copolymer mixed aggregates formation per additive molecule. Δ G D o / w for Cl2CH2 and Cl2(CH2)2 evidenced that the process is controlled by the forces exercising between the chlorine atoms and the OH groups of the copolymer micelles protruded into the aqueous phase. Cl2(CH2)3 experiences both the hydrophilic and hydrop…
Binding between (Ethylene Oxide)13−(Propylene Oxide)30−(Ethylene Oxide)13 and Sodium Decanoate. Volume, Enthalpy, and Heat Capacity Studies
2002
Volume, enthalpy, and heat capacity of transfer (ΔYt) of (ethylene oxide)13−(propylene oxide)30−(ethylene oxide)13 (L64), at some concentrations, from water to the aqueous sodium decanoate (NaDec) solutions as functions of the surfactant concentration (mS) were determined at 298 K. The copolymer was studied in both the unassociated and associated forms. For a given L64 concentration (mC), the ΔYt vs mS profiles for the volume and the enthalpy are equal but different from that of the heat capacity because the latter contains also the relaxation terms. The experimental data were analyzed by assuming the distribution of L64 between the aqueous and the micellar phases and the shift of micelliza…