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Honaker LW, Eijffius A, Plankensteiner L, Nikiforidis CV, Deshpande S. Biosensing with Oleosin-Stabilized Liquid Crystal Droplets. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309053. [PMID: 38602194 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
Liquid crystals (LCs) are emerging as novel platforms for chemical, physical, and biological sensing. They can be used to detect biological amphiphiles such as lipids, fatty acids, digestive surfactants, and bacterial endotoxins. However, designing LC-based sensors in a manner that preserves their sensitivity and responsiveness to these stimuli, and possibly improves biocompatibility, remains challenging. In this work, the stabilization of LC droplets by oleosins, plant-sourced and highly surface active proteins due to their extended amphipathic helix, is investigated. Purified oleosins, at sub-micromolar concentrations, are shown to readily stabilize nematic LC droplets without switching their alignment, allowing them to detect surfactants at micromolar concentrations. Direct evidence of localization of oleosins at the LC-water interface is provided with fluorescent labeling, and the stabilized droplets remain stable over months. Interestingly, chiral LC droplets readily switch in the presence of nanomolar oleosin concentrations, an unexpected behavior that is explained by accounting for the energy barriers required for switching the alignment between the two cases. This leads thus to a twofold conclusion: oleosin-stabilized nematic LC droplets present a biocompatible alternative for bioanalyte detection, while chiral LCs can be further investigated for use as highly sensitive sensors for detecting amphipathic helices in biological systems.
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- Lawrence W Honaker
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biobased Chemistry and Technology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biobased Chemistry and Technology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Paesa M, Almazán F, Yus C, Sebastián V, Arruebo M, Gandía LM, Reinoso S, Pellejero I, Mendoza G. Gold Nanoparticles Capped with a Novel Titanium(IV)-Containing Polyoxomolybdate Cluster: Selective and Enhanced Bactericidal Effect Against Escherichia coli. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305169. [PMID: 37797194 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Bacterial infections are a public health threat of increasing concern in medical care systems; hence, the search for novel strategies to lower the use of antibiotics and their harmful effects becomes imperative. Herein, the antimicrobial performance of four polyoxometalate (POM)-stabilized gold nanoparticles (Au@POM) against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) as Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria models, respectively, is studied. The bactericidal studies performed, both in planktonic and sessile forms, evidence the antimicrobial potential of these hybrid nanostructures with selectivity toward Gram-negative species. In particular, the Au@GeMoTi composite with the novel [Ti2 (HGeMo7 O28 )2 ]10- POM capping ligand exhibits outstanding bactericidal efficiency with a minimum inhibitory concentration of just 3.12 µm for the E. coli strain, thus outperforming the other three Au@POM counterparts. GeMoTi represents the fourth example of a water-soluble TiIV -containing polyoxomolybdate, and among them, the first sandwich-type structure having heteroatoms in high-oxidation state. The evaluation of the bactericidal mechanisms of action points to the cell membrane hyperpolarization, disruption, and subsequent nucleotide leakage and the low cytotoxicity exerted on five different cell lines at antimicrobial doses demonstrates the antibiotic-like character. These studies highlight the successful design and development of a new POM-based nanomaterial able to eradicate Gram-negative bacteria without damaging mammalian cells.
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- Mónica Paesa
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
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- Instituto de Materiales Avanzados y Matemáticas (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
- Departamento de Ciencias, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio los Acebos, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Campus Río Ebro-Edificio I+D, C/Poeta Mariano Esquillor S/N, Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- Instituto de Materiales Avanzados y Matemáticas (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
- Departamento de Ciencias, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio los Acebos, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
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- Instituto de Materiales Avanzados y Matemáticas (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
- Departamento de Ciencias, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio los Acebos, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
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- Instituto de Materiales Avanzados y Matemáticas (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
- Departamento de Ciencias, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Edificio los Acebos, Campus de Arrosadia, Pamplona, 31006, Spain
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- Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, 50009, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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Zhang T, Gai K, Li R, Liang Y, Li L, Chen J, Nie M. Robust and self-lubricating polyvinyl alcohol tubes with a mucosa-like hierarchical architecture for endotracheal intubation. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:1330-1343. [PMID: 38230443 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02402d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Mechanical mismatch between interventional intubation tubes and human tissues often triggers inevitable friction and causes secondary injury to patients during interventional therapy. Herein, we propose a fabrication strategy of a self-lubricating polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) tube by industrial extrusion technology followed by simple infiltration with water. First, biocompatible glycerin was introduced to weaken the intrinsic hydrogen interaction of PVA by new molecular complexation, broadening the gap between the melting and decomposition temperatures and enabling the stable extrusion of the PVA tube. Subsequently, the as-prepared PVA tube was infiltrated with an aqueous solution to construct a strong hydrogen bonding network between PVA and water molecules, forming a soft hydration layer similar to the upper epithelium layer of mucosa. Benefiting from the solid and liquid properties of the hydration layer as well as the small proportion relative to the whole, the infiltrated PVA tube exhibited excellent hydration lubrication behavior and robust mechanical property. The friction coefficient, tensile strength and elongation at break were measured to be 0.05, 26.2 MPa and 654%, respectively, surpassing the values of 0.5, 16.4 MPa and 240% observed in a commercial polyvinyl chloride tube. In vitro, the PVA intubation tube demonstrated significant biocompatibility, and short-term exposure exhibited minimal impacts on the morphology and proliferation of L929 cells. Ultimately, the potential of the infiltrated PVA tube for interventional intubation was demonstrated successfully using an in vivo rabbit model, providing a new idea for the follow-up development of interventional intubation tubes.
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- Tongrui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Department of Prosthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China.
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Canale VC, Paleari L, Bragaglia M, Petrella G, Severini L, Nanni F, Mazzuca C, Palleschi A. Investigation into the Influence of the Process Parameters on the Stability of a Poly(Vinyl)-Alcohol-Based Coating System. Molecules 2024; 29:386. [PMID: 38257298 PMCID: PMC10820689 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29020386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Most tablets put on the market are coated with polymers soluble in water. The Opadry II 85 series from Colorcon Inc., is a family of PVA-based products marketed since the 1990s. Despite numerous publications on the properties of PVA, to date, limited work has been undertaken to determine the physico-chemical parameters (i.e., UV light, high temperature, and relative humidity) that could affect the performance of PVA-based coatings. To this end, we performed artificial ageing processes on samples made of Opadry Orange II or of some selected components of this coating and analysed them by means of a multidisciplinary approach, using, for example, FTIR, NMR, rheology, and DMTA measurements. In this way, we analysed the influence of the critical components of the Opadry Orange II formula, such as titanium dioxide and aluminium hydroxide, on the coating characteristics under ageing conditions.
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- Viviana Claudia Canale
- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy; (V.C.C.); (G.P.); (L.S.)
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- Department of Enterprise Engineering ‘Mario Lucertini’, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and INSTM RU Roma-Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.P.); (M.B.); (F.N.)
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- Department of Enterprise Engineering ‘Mario Lucertini’, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and INSTM RU Roma-Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.P.); (M.B.); (F.N.)
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy; (V.C.C.); (G.P.); (L.S.)
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy; (V.C.C.); (G.P.); (L.S.)
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- Department of Enterprise Engineering ‘Mario Lucertini’, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and INSTM RU Roma-Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.P.); (M.B.); (F.N.)
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy; (V.C.C.); (G.P.); (L.S.)
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, Italy; (V.C.C.); (G.P.); (L.S.)
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Han Q, Sun T, Zhang X, Li S, Zhu Y. Degradation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in neutral conditions based on copper-manganese bimetallic catalyst. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:97990-98003. [PMID: 37603237 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29366-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Abstract
There have been many studies on the degradation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) by the Fenton-like method, but the narrow acid-base (pH) range, poor degradation effect, and time-consuming of the Fenton-like method limit its development. Therefore, to improve the shortcomings of the Fenton-like method, the study aimed to synthesize copper-manganese bimetal oxide loaded catalysts (MnCuO@γ-Al2O3) through the impregnation calcination method, and its potential to activate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for the degradation of PVA was evaluated. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) characterizations revealed the chemical composition, structure and morphology of the prepared MnCuO@γ-Al2O3, furthermore the synergistic mechanism was proposed. Results indicated that copper and manganese could successfully attach to γ-Al2O3 and reduce the specific surface area of γ-Al2O3, promoting the transformation of multivalent metals and the generation of oxygen vacancies. In addition, comparative experiments demonstrated that the PVA removal efficiency was significantly improved at the catalyst calcination temperature of 500 °C, reaction temperature of 70 °C, H2O2 dosage of 125 [Formula: see text], and catalyst dosage of 625 [Formula: see text] and more than 96% of PVA was removed within 20 min in neutral conditions. Lastly, four catalyst cycle degradation experiments of PVA were carried out, and the degradation effect could reach more than 96% in a certain time.
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- Qinghe Han
- School of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- National Innovation Center of Advanced Dyeing & Finishing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong, 271000, People's Republic of China
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- National Innovation Center of Advanced Dyeing & Finishing Technology, Tai'an, Shandong, 271000, People's Republic of China
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- Sichuan Province Fiber Inspection Bureau, Chengdu, 610015, Sichuan, China
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- School of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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Kurapati R, Natarajan U. Tacticity and Ionization Effects on Adsorption Behavior of Poly(acrylic acid) and Poly(methacrylic acid) at the CCl 4–H 2O Interface Revealed by MD Simulations. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Raviteja Kurapati
- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai600036, India
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- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai600036, India
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Honaker L, Chen C, Dautzenberg FM, Brugman S, Deshpande S. Designing Biological Microsensors with Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:37316-37329. [PMID: 35969154 PMCID: PMC9412956 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Biosensing using liquid crystals has a tremendous potential by coupling the high degree of sensitivity of their alignment to their surroundings with clear optical feedback. Many existing set-ups use birefringence of nematic liquid crystals, which severely limits straightforward and frugal implementation into a sensing platform due to the sophisticated optical set-ups required. In this work, we instead utilize chiral nematic liquid crystal microdroplets, which show strongly reflected structural color, as sensing platforms for surface active agents. We systematically quantify the optical response of closely related biological amphiphiles and find unique optical signatures for each species. We detect signatures across a wide range of concentrations (from micromolar to millimolar), with fast response times (from seconds to minutes). The striking optical response is a function of the adsorption of surfactants in a nonhomogeneous manner and the topology of the chiral nematic liquid crystal orientation at the interface requiring a scattering, multidomain structure. We show that the surface interactions, in particular, the surface packing density, to be a function of both headgroup and tail and thus unique to each surfactant species. We show lab-on-a-chip capability of our method by drying droplets in high-density two-dimensional arrays and simply hydrating the chip to detect dissolved analytes. Finally, we show proof-of-principle in vivo biosensing in the healthy as well as inflamed intestinal tracts of live zebrafish larvae, demonstrating CLC droplets show a clear optical response specifically when exposed to the gut environment rich in amphiphiles. Our unique approach shows clear potential in developing on-site detection platforms and detecting biological amphiphiles in living organisms.
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- Lawrence
W. Honaker
- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen
University & Research, Wageningen 6708 WE, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen
University & Research, Wageningen 6708 WE, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen
University & Research, Wageningen 6708 WE, The Netherlands
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- Host-Microbe
Interactomics, Wageningen University &
Research, Wageningen 6708 WD, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen
University & Research, Wageningen 6708 WE, The Netherlands
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Moll CJ, Korotkevich AA, Versluis J, Bakker HJ. Molecular orientation of small carboxylates at the water-air interface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:10134-10139. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05471f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
We study the properties of formate (HCOO−) and acetate (CH3COO−) ions at the surface of water using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency generation (HD-VSFG) spectroscopy. For both ions we observe a response...
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Moll CJ, Versluis J, Bakker HJ. Bulk Response of Carboxylic Acid Solutions Observed with Surface Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2021; 126:270-277. [PMID: 34962792 PMCID: PMC8762667 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We study the molecular
properties of aqueous acetic acid and formic
acid solutions with heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency
generation spectroscopy (HD-VSFG). For acid concentrations up to ∼5
M, we observe a strong increase of the responses of the acid hydroxyl
and carbonyl stretch vibrations with increasing acid concentration
due to an increase of the surface coverage by the acid molecules.
At acid concentrations >5 M we observe first a saturation of these
responses and then a decrease. For pure carboxylic acids we even observe
a change of sign of the Im[χ(2)] response of the
carbonyl vibration. The decrease of the response of the hydroxyl vibration
and the decrease and sign change of the response of the carbonyl vibration
indicate the formation of cyclic dimers, which only show a quadrupolar
bulk response in the HD-VSFG spectrum because of their antiparallel
conformation. We also find evidence for the presence of a quadrupolar
response of the CH vibrations of the acid molecules.
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- Carolyn J Moll
- Ultrafast Spectroscopy, AMOLF, Science Park 104,1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Ultrafast Spectroscopy, AMOLF, Science Park 104,1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Ultrafast Spectroscopy, AMOLF, Science Park 104,1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Moll CJ, Giubertoni G, van Buren L, Versluis J, Koenderink GH, Bakker HJ. Molecular Structure and Surface Accumulation Dynamics of Hyaluronan at the Water-Air Interface. Macromolecules 2021; 54:8655-8663. [PMID: 34602653 PMCID: PMC8482758 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hyaluronan is a biopolymer
that is essential for many biological
processes in the human body, like the regulation of tissue lubrication
and inflammatory responses. Here, we study the behavior of hyaluronan
at aqueous surfaces using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency
generation spectroscopy (HD-VSFG). Low-molecular-weight hyaluronan
(∼150 kDa) gradually covers the water–air interface
within hours, leading to a negatively charged surface and a reorientation
of interfacial water molecules. The rate of surface accumulation strongly
increases when the bulk concentration of low-molecular-weight hyaluronan
is increased. In contrast, high-molecular-weight hyaluronan (>1
MDa)
cannot be detected at the surface, even hours after the addition of
the polymer to the aqueous solution. The strong dependence on the
polymer molecular weight can be explained by entanglements of the
hyaluronan polymers. We also find that for low-molecular-weight hyaluronan
the migration kinetics of hyaluronan in aqueous media shows an anomalous
dependence on the pH of the solution, which can be explained from
the interplay of hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions of
hyaluronan polymers.
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- Carolyn J Moll
- Amolf, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amolf, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amolf, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Amolf, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amolf, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Amolf, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Moll CJ, Versluis J, Bakker HJ. Direct Evidence for a Surface and Bulk Specific Response in the Sum-Frequency Generation Spectrum of the Water Bend Vibration. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:116001. [PMID: 34558941 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.116001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
We study the bending mode of pure water and charged aqueous surfaces using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. We observe a low (1626 cm^{-1}) and a high (1656 cm^{-1}) frequency component that can be unambiguously assigned to an interfacial dipole and a bulk quadrupolar response, respectively. We thus demonstrate that probing the bending mode provides structural and quantitative information on both the surface and the bulk.
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- C J Moll
- AMOLF, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
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