Hg2+-Reactive Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymer Assemblies as Novel Multifunctional Fluorescent Probes with Improved Performance
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We report on novel type of responsive double hydrophilic block copolymer (DHBC)-based multifunctional chemosensors to Hg2+ ions, pH, and temperatures and investigate the effects of thermo-induced micellization on the detection sensitivity. Well-defined DHBCs bearing rhodamine B-based Hg2+-reactive moieties (RhBHA) in the thermoresponsive block, poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-RhBHA) (PEO-b-P(NIPAM-co-RhBHA)), were synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Nonfluorescent RhBHA moieties are subjected to selective ring-opening reaction upon addition of Hg2+ ions or lowering solution pH, producing highly fluorescent acyclic species. Thus. at room temperature PEO-h-P(NIPAM-co-RhBHA) DHBCs can serve as water-soluble multifunctional and efficient fluorescent chemosensors to Hg2+ ions and pH. Upon heating above the lower critical solution temperature (similar to 36 degrees C) of the PNIPAM block, they self-assemble into micelles possessing P(NIPAM-co-RhBHA) cores and well-solvated PEO coronas, which were fully characterized by dynamic and static laser light scattering. It was found that the detection sensitivity to Hg2+ ions and pH could be dramatically improved at elevated temperatures due to fluorescence enhancement of RhBHA residues in the acyclic form, which were embedded within hydrophobic cores of thermo-induced micellar aggregates. This work represents a proof-of-concept example of responsive DHBC-based multifunctional fluorescent chemosensors for the highly efficient detection of Hg2+ ions, pH, and temperatures with tunable detection sensitivity. Compared to reaction-based small molecule Hg2+ probes in previous literature reports, the integration of stimuli-responsive block copolymers with well-developed small molecule-based selective sensing moieties in the current study are expected to exhibit preferred advantages including enhanced detection sensitivity, water dispersibility, biocompatibility, facile incorporation into devices, and the ability of further functionalization for targeted imaging and detection.
Responsive nanogel-based dual fluorescent sensors for temperature and Hg2+ ions with enhanced detection sensitivity
作者:Changhua Li、Shiyong Liu
DOI:10.1039/c0jm01828g
日期:——
We report on the fabrication of thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) nanogel-based dual fluorescent sensors for temperature and Hg2+ ions, and the effects of thermo-induced nanogel collapse on the detection sensitivity of Hg2+ ions. Near-monodisperse thermoresponsive nanogels were prepared via emulsion polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and a novel 1,8-naphthalimide-based polarity-sensitive and Hg2+-reactive fluorescent monomer (NPTUA, 3). At room temperature, PNIPAM nanogels labeled with a single type of naphthalimide-based dye (NPTUA) can act as ratiometric Hg2+ probes at the nanomolar level. Upon heating above the phase transition temperature, the fluorescence intensity of NPTUA-labeled nanogels in the absence of Hg2+ exhibit ∼3.4-fold increase due to that NPTUA moieties are now located in a more hydrophobic microenvironment. Moreover, it was observed that the detection sensitivity to Hg2+ can be further improved above the nanogel phase transition temperature. At a nanogel concentration of 0.05 g L−1 and in the same Hg2+ concentration range (0–3.0 equiv.), ∼10 fold and ∼57 fold increase in fluorescence emission intensity ratio changes can be achieved at 25 and 40 °C, respectively.
Nanogel-mediated drug delivery system for anticancer agent: pH stimuli responsive poly(ethylene glycol/acrylic acid) nanogel prepared by gamma irradiation
作者:Nour E.A. Abd El-Sattar、Sanad Elaslam S.A. El-Hddad、Mohamed M. Ghobashy、Ahmed A. Zaher、Khaled El-Adl
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105972
日期:2022.10
dose of 5 kGy. Compound 4 and its nanogel 5 were synthesized and assessed for their anticancer effects against HepG2, A549, MCF-7 and HCT-116 as dual VEGFR-2 and EGFR tyrosine kinases inhibitors. The molecular design was performed to investigate the binding mode of compound 4 with VEGFR-2 and EGFR receptors. Our compound 5 in nanogel showed enhanced anticancer activities against the four tested cancer
Sineokov,A.P.; Sergeeva,M.E., Journal of Organic Chemistry USSR (English Translation), 1967, vol. 3, p. 1427 - 1429
作者:Sineokov,A.P.、Sergeeva,M.E.
DOI:——
日期:——
Acyl isothiocyanate and polymer thereof
申请人:DU PONT
公开号:US02327985A1
公开(公告)日:1943-08-31
Modifying polymer flocculants for the removal of inorganic phosphate from water
作者:Timothy S. Goebel、Kevin J. McInnes、Scott A. Senseman、Robert J. Lascano、Lucas S. Marchand、Todd A. Davis
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.07.130
日期:2011.10
Due to strong hydrogen bonding interactions, thiourea has been shown to have a high affinity for anions such as inorganic phosphate. The interaction between phosphate and thiourea has been used to develop technologies that can detect and even remove phosphate from water. This research investigates the use of thiourea derivatized polymer flocculants for the sequestering of inorganic phosphate from water. The study presented herein describes the development of a thiourea based monomer that was used to create a bi-functional polymer that flocculates suspended solid material as well as sorbs phosphate, removing both from water. The new polymer removed more than 60% of the phosphate from a simulated wastewater sample. The addition of a thiourea trapping group to the polymer more than doubled the amount of phosphate removed from solution compared to control polymers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.