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Pomposo JA, Arena D, Verde-Sesto E, Maiz J, de Molina PM, Moreno AJ. Why Single-Chain Nanoparticles from Weak Polyelectrolytes Can Be Synthesized at Large Scale in Concentrated Solution? Macromol Rapid Commun 2024:e2400453. [PMID: 39012220 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202400453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
Abstract
Here, the unresolved question of why single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) prepared from a weak polyelectrolyte (PE) precursor can be synthesized on a large is addresses, unlike SCNPs obtained from an equivalent neutral (nonamphiphilic) polymer precursor. The combination of the standard elastic single-chain nanoparticles (ESN) model -developed for neutral chains- with the classical scaling theory of PE solutions provides the key. Essentially, the long-range repulsion between electrostatic blobs in a weak PE precursor restricts the cross-linking process during SCNPs formation to the interior of each blob. Consequently, the maximum concentration at which PE-SCNPs can be prepared without interchain cross-linking is not determined by the full size of the PE precursor but, instead, by the smaller size of its electrostatic blobs. Therefore, PE-SCNPs can be synthesized up to a critical concentration where electrostatic blobs from different chains touch each other. This concentration can be 30 times higher than that for non-PE polymer precursors. Upon progressive dilution, the size of PE-SCNPs synthesized in concentrated solution increases until it reaches the bigger size of PE-SCNPs prepared under highly diluted conditions. PE-SCNPs do not adopt a globular conformation either in concentrated or in diluted solution. It shows that the main model predictions agree with experimental results.
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- Jose A Pomposo
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center MPC, P Manuel Lardizabal 5, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
- Departamento de Polímeros y Materiales Avanzados: Física, Química y Tecnología. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Chemistry, P Manuel Lardizabal 3, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE-Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, Bilbao, E-48009, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center MPC, P Manuel Lardizabal 5, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center MPC, P Manuel Lardizabal 5, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE-Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, Bilbao, E-48009, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center MPC, P Manuel Lardizabal 5, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE-Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, Bilbao, E-48009, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center MPC, P Manuel Lardizabal 5, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE-Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, Bilbao, E-48009, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center MPC, P Manuel Lardizabal 5, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P Manuel Lardizabal 4, Donostia, E-20018, Spain
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Stars, combs and bottlebrushes of elastic single-chain nanoparticles. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sun LZ, Qian JL, Cai P, Hu HX, Xu X, Luo MB. Mg2+ effects on the single-stranded DNA conformations and nanopore translocation dynamics. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Tabatabaei SA, Mansouri A, Tarokh A, Chini SF. Ionic current magnetic fields in 3D finite-length nanopores and nanoslits. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS 2022; 137:312. [PMID: 35284202 PMCID: PMC8899798 DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02519-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) encodes all genetic information, and in genetic disorders, DNA sequencing is used as an effective diagnosis. Nanopore/slit is one of the recent and successful tools for DNA sequencing. Passage of DNA along the pores creates non-uniform ionic currents which creates non-uniform electric and magnetic fields, accordingly. Sensing the electric field is usually used for sequencing application. We suggest to use the magnetic field induced by pressure-driven ionic currents as a secondary signal. We systematically compared the induced magnetic field of nanopores and nanoslits with equal cross-sectional area. The 3D magnetic field is numerically obtained by solving the Poisson-Nernst-Planck, Ampere, and Navier-Stokes equations. As expected, the maximum value of the maximum magnetic flux occurs near the wall and inside the channel, and increasing the pressure gradient along the pore/slit increases the flowrate and magnetic field, consequently. At a given pressure difference across the pore/slit, nanopores are better than nanoslits in sensing the magnetic flux. For example, by applying 2 MPa across the pore/slit, the maximum magnetic flux density for nanopore, nanoslit A R = 1 and nanoslit A R = 5 are 1.10 pT, 1.08 pT and 0.45 pT, accordingly. Also, at a given flowrate across the pore/slit, nanoslits are the better choice. It should be noted the external magnetic fields as small as pico-Tesla are detectable and measurable in voltage/pressure driven electrokinetic flow slits. Graphical abstract
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- Seyed Ali Tabatabaei
- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Canada
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Asenjo-Sanz I, Verde-Sesto E, Pomposo JA. A method to estimate the size of single-chain nanoparticles under severe crowding conditions. RSC Adv 2022; 12:1571-1575. [PMID: 35425196 PMCID: PMC8978863 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09088g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) result from the folding of isolated polymer chains via intramolecular interactions. Currently, there is no theory able to rationalize the astonishing conformational behaviour of SCNPs under severe crowding conditions (e.g., highly concentrated solutions, all-polymer nanocomposites) and, specifically, the significant size reduction observed in highly crowded solutions of covalent-bonded SCNPs and all-polymer nanocomposites containing SCNPs. Herein, we propose a valuable method to estimate the size of SCNPs under crowding. The method - which is based on combining MD simulations results with scaling concepts - is also useful for ring polymers and nanostructured Janus-shaped SCNPs.
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- Isabel Asenjo-Sanz
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC Pº Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC Pº Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC Pº Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia Spain
- Departamento de Polímeros y Materiales Avanzados: Física, Química y Tecnología, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) PO Box 1072 20800 Donostia Spain
- IKERBASQUE - Basque Foundation for Science Plaza de Euskadi 5 48009 Bilbao Spain
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Ding M, Li L. Flow-Induced Translocation and Conformational Transition of Polymer Chains through Nanochannels: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mingming Ding
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Asenjo-Sanz I, Verde-Sesto E, Pomposo JA. Valuable structure-size relationships for tadpole-shaped single-chain nanoparticles with long and short flexible tails unveiled. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:10884-10887. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01318k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Tadpole-shaped single-chain nanoparticles (TSCNPs) are useful soft building blocks for nanotechnology composed of a flexible polymer chain tethered to an intramolecularly folded single-chain nanoparticle.
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- Isabel Asenjo-Sanz
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center MPC
- E-20018 San Sebastián
- Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center MPC
- E-20018 San Sebastián
- Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics Center MPC
- E-20018 San Sebastián
- Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales
- Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)
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Pomposo JA, Moreno AJ, Arbe A, Colmenero J. Local Domain Size in Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:8648-8654. [PMID: 31458995 PMCID: PMC6644443 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Single-chain polymer nanoparticles (SCNPs) obtained through chain collapse via intramolecular cross-linking are attracting significant interest for nanomedicine and biomimetic catalysis applications, among other fields. This interest arises from the possibility to bind active species (e.g., drugs and catalysts)-either temporally or permanently-to the SCNP local pockets formed upon chain collapse. However, direct quantification of the size and number of such local domains in solution-even if highly desirable-is currently highly demanding from an experimental point of view because of the small size involved (<5 nm). On the basis of a scaling analysis, we establish herein a connection between the global compaction degree (R/R 0) and the size (ξ) and number (n) of the "collapsed domains" generated upon SCNP formation at high dilution from a linear semiflexible precursor polymer. Results from molecular dynamics simulations and experimental data are used to validate this scaling analysis and to estimate the size and number of local domains in polystyrene SCNPs synthesized through a "click" chemistry procedure, as a representative system, as well as for relevant catalytic SCNPs containing Cu, Pt, and Ni atoms. Remarkably, the present work is a first step toward tuning the local domain size of the next generation of SCNPs for nanomedicine and bioinspired catalysis applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- José A. Pomposo
- Centro
de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics
Center MPC, Paseo Manuel
de Lardizabal 5, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Departamento
de Física de Materiales, Universidad
del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, E-20800 San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE—Basque
Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, E-48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Centro
de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics
Center MPC, Paseo Manuel
de Lardizabal 5, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia
International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro
de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics
Center MPC, Paseo Manuel
de Lardizabal 5, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro
de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Materials Physics
Center MPC, Paseo Manuel
de Lardizabal 5, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Departamento
de Física de Materiales, Universidad
del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, E-20800 San Sebastián, Spain
- Donostia
International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, E-20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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