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Horrocks MS, Kollmetz T, O'Reilly P, Nowak D, Malmström J. Quantitative analysis of biomolecule release from polystyrene- block-polyethylene oxide thin films. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:4513-4526. [PMID: 35674502 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00383j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Block copolymers have garnered recent attention due to their ability to contain molecular cargo within nanoscale domains and release said cargo in aqueous environments. However, the release kinetics of cargo from these thin-films has not yet been reported. Knowledge of the release quantities and release profiles of these systems is paramount for applications of these systems. Here, Polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) was co-assembled with fluorescein isothiocyanate isomer I-lysozyme (FITC-LZ) and fluorescein isothiocyanate isomer I-TAT (FITC-TAT), such that these molecular cargos arrange within the PEO domains of the thin films. We show that high loading ratios of cargo/PS-b-PEO do not significantly impact the nanostructure of the films; however, a loading limit appears to be present with aggregates of protein forming at the microscale with higher loading ratios. The presence of lysozyme (LZ) within the films was confirmed qualitatively after aqueous exposure through photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) imaging at the Amide I characteristic peak (∼1650 cm-1). Furthermore, we demonstrate that LZ maintains activity and structure after exposure to the polymer solvent (benzene/methanol/water mix). Finally, we demonstrate quantitatively 20-80 ng cm-2 of cargo is released from these films, depending on the cargo incorporated. We show that the larger molecule lysozyme is released over a longer time than the smaller TAT peptide. Finally, we demonstrate the ability to tune the quantity of cargo released by altering the thickness of the PS-b-PEO thin-films during fabrication.
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- Matthew S Horrocks
- Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Wellington, New Zealand
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Daripa S, Khawas K, Behere RP, Verma R, Kuila BK. Efficient Moisture-Induced Energy Harvesting from Water-Soluble Conjugated Block Copolymer-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:7257-7265. [PMID: 33778240 PMCID: PMC7992084 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This Research Article demonstrates a very simple approach of a moisture-induced power-generating phenomenon using water-soluble rod-coil conjugated block copolymer (poly(3-hexythiophene)-block-poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid) (P3HT-b-PSSA)-modified reduced graphene oxide. The block copolymer-modified reduced graphene oxide (BCP-RGO) was prepared by noncovalent surface functionalization cum in situ reduction of graphene oxide. A simple device made from BCP-RGO can generate voltage upon exposure to water vapor or under different humidity conditions. The open-circuit voltage generated from the diode-like device varies with respect to the relative humidity, and the device can act as a self-powered humidity sensor. The as-prepared BCP-RGO is able to produce a maximum power density of 1.15 μW/cm2 (short-circuit current density J SC = 6.40 μA/cm2) at a relative humidity of 94%. Meanwhile, the BCP-RGO device produces a very high power density of 0.7 mW/cm2 (at a short-circuit current density of 1.06 mA/cm2) after 91% water absorption. We believe that the material presented here will be very useful for a self-biased humidity sensor and moisture-induced energy harvesting. The diode-like response of the BCP-RGO device with humidity or after water absorption will make the material applicable for self-biased humidity-controlled electronic switching.
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Daripa S, Verma R, Guin D, Chakraborty C, Awasthi K, Kuila BK. Metal-Immobilized Micellar Aggregates of a Block Copolymer from a Mixed Solvent for a SERS-Active Sensing Substrate and Versatile Dip Catalysis. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:2445-2456. [PMID: 33573379 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Here, we have reported micellar aggregations of an amphiphilic block copolymer in mixed solvent and their subsequent use as a template for the fabrication of a very dense, tunable metal nanoparticle-decorated surface for SERS and flexible dip catalysis applications. A silver nanoparticle-immobilized layer on silicon substrates shows excellent SERS (surface-enhanced Raman scattering)-based sensing performance for model analyte rhodamine B up to 10-6 M concentration with a well-defined calibration curve. Furthermore, a facile approach to the preparation of metal NP-immobilized BCP membranes as efficient dip catalyst for two model reactions (the reduction of nitrophenol and the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction of iodobenzene or 2,7-diiodofluorene with phenyl boronic acid) is also demonstrated. The Ag NP-decorated film exhibits high efficiency and extensive reusability in a prototype reaction such as the reduction of nitrophenol by sodium borohydride with a very high turnover number, >126 (for a single use), whereas the Pd NP-immobilized film also has a high, ∼100%, reaction yield and extensive reusability and applicable for different aromatic systems. This work provides a new platform for the design and synthesis of a functionalizable, flexible, and highly mechanically stable dip catalyst which is highly demanded in the catalytic production of value-added chemicals and environmental applications such as wastewater treatment.
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- Soumili Daripa
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Hyderabad 500078, India
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- Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, JLN Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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Mawele Loudy C, Allouche J, Bousquet A, Courrèges C, Martinez H, Billon L. Core@Corona Functional Nanoparticle-Driven Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymer Self-Assembly. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:16925-16934. [PMID: 31756101 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Herein, a novel strategy to overcome the influence of π-π stacking on the rod-coil copolymer organization is reported. A diblock copolymer poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-poly(ethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate) (P3HT-b-PEGMA) was synthesized by the Huisgen cycloaddition, so-called "click chemistry", combining the PEGMA and P3HT blocks synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization and Kumada catalyst transfer polymerization, respectively. Using a dip-coating process, we controlled the original film organization of the diblock copolymer by the crystallization of the P3HT block via π-π stacking. The morphology of the P3HT-b-PEGMA films was influenced by the incorporation of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) coated by poly(ethylene glycol) ligands. Indeed, the crystalline structuration of the P3HT sequence was counterbalanced by the addition in the film of gold nanoparticles finely localized within the copolymer PEGMA matrix. Transmission electron microscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis validated the GNP homogeneous localization into the compatible PEGMA phase. Differential scanning calorimetry showed the rod block crystallization disruption. A morphological transition of the self-assembly is observed by atomic force microscopy from P3HT fibrils into out-of-plane cylinders driven by the nanophase segregation.
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- Coste Mawele Loudy
- CNRS/Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S UPPA , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 Hélioparc , 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
- Bio-inspired Materials Group: Functionality & Self-assembly, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 , Hélioparc, 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S UPPA , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 Hélioparc , 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S UPPA , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 Hélioparc , 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S UPPA , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 Hélioparc , 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S UPPA , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 Hélioparc , 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S UPPA , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 Hélioparc , 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
- Bio-inspired Materials Group: Functionality & Self-assembly, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour , IPREM CNRS-UMR 5254 , Hélioparc, 2 Avenue Président Angot , 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
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Abate AA, Vu GT, Pezzutti AD, García NA, Davis RL, Schmid F, Register RA, Vega DA. Shear-Aligned Block Copolymer Monolayers as Seeds To Control the Orientational Order in Cylinder-Forming Block Copolymer Thin Films. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Anabella A. Abate
- Instituto
de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Sur, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Institut
für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Staudinger Weg
7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Instituto
de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Sur, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto
de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Sur, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Institut
für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Staudinger Weg
7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Instituto
de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Sur, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Luminescent films have received great interest for chemo-/bio-sensing applications due to their distinct advantages over solution-based probes, such as good stability and portability, tunable shape and size, non-invasion, real-time detection, extensive suitability in gas/vapor sensing, and recycling. On the other hand, they can achieve selective and sensitive detection of chemical/biological species using special luminophores with a recognition moiety or the assembly of common luminophores and functional materials. Nowadays, the extensively used assembly techniques include drop-casting/spin-coating, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB), self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), layer-by-layer (LBL), and electrospinning. Therefore, this review summarizes the recent advances in luminescent films with these assembly techniques and their applications in chemo-/bio-sensing. We mainly focused on the discussion of the relationship between the sensing properties of the films and their architecture. Furthermore, we discussed some critical challenges existing in this field and possible solutions that have been or are being developed to overcome these challenges.
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- Weijiang Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
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Qu T, Zhao Y, Li Z, Wang P, Cao S, Xu Y, Li Y, Chen A. Micropore extrusion-induced alignment transition from perpendicular to parallel of cylindrical domains in block copolymers. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:3268-3273. [PMID: 26816139 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr09140c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The orientation transition from perpendicular to parallel alignment of PEO cylindrical domains of PEO-b-PMA(Az) films has been demonstrated by extruding the block copolymer (BCP) solutions through a micropore of a plastic gastight syringe. The parallelized orientation of PEO domains induced by this micropore extrusion can be recovered to perpendicular alignment via ultrasonication of the extruded BCP solutions and subsequent annealing. A plausible mechanism is proposed in this study. The BCP films can be used as templates to prepare nanowire arrays with controlled layers, which has enormous potential application in the field of integrated circuits.
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- Ting Qu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, No. 37 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.
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Kumari P, Bera MK, Malik S, Kuila BK. Amphiphilic and Thermoresponsive Conjugated Block Copolymer with Its Solvent Dependent Optical and Photoluminescence Properties: Toward Sensing Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:12348-12354. [PMID: 25602357 DOI: 10.1021/am507266e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Herein, we present a new class of amphiphilic, thermoresponsive rod-coil conjugated block copolymer having regioregular poly(3-hexyl thiophene) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). Optical and luminescence properties of theses polymers significantly depend on the self-assembled nanostructures formed in different solvent and are easily tailored by chnaging the solvent composition or external stimuli like heat. Unique optical and electronic properties of this block copolymer are believed to make it promising for applications like sensor, fluorescence thermometer, optoelectronic, and bioelectronics devices.
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- Pallavi Kumari
- †Centre for Applied Chemistry, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi 835205, India
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- †Centre for Applied Chemistry, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi 835205, India
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Yang P, Dong H, Xia J, Xu A, Shi J, He J, Ding J, Li D. Synthesis of fluorescent and low cytotoxicity phenol formaldehyde resin (PFR)@Ag composites for cell imaging and antibacterial activity. LUMINESCENCE 2015; 30:1413-7. [DOI: 10.1002/bio.2907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Ping Yang
- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering; Nanjing University of Technology; Nanjing 210009 China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
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- The Station of Police; Huainan 232001 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering; Anhui University of Science and Technology; Huainan Anhui 232001 People's Republic of China
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García NA, Davis RL, Kim SY, Chaikin PM, Register RA, Vega DA. Mixed-morphology and mixed-orientation block copolymer bilayers. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06764a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Three-dimensional block copolymer structures with long-range order and mixed symmetries.
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- Nicolás A. García
- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
- Departamento de Física. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Av. LN Alem 1253
- 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton, USA
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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- Center for Soft Condensed Matter Research and Department of Physics
- New York University
- New York, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton University
- Princeton, USA
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- Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
- Departamento de Física. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Av. LN Alem 1253
- 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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