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Pyrlin S, Lenzi V, Silva A, Ramos M, Marques L. Adhesion of Bis-Salphen-Based Coordination Polymers to Graphene: Insights from Free Energy Perturbation Study. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:4525. [PMID: 36365517 PMCID: PMC9657960 DOI: 10.3390/polym14214525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2024] Open
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Manipulation of nanoscale objects using molecular self-assembly is a potent tool to achieve large scale nanopatterning with small effort. Coordination polymers of bis-salphen compounds based on zinc have demonstrated their ability to align carbon nanotubes into micro-scale networks with an unusual "rings-and-rods" pattern. This paper investigates how the compounds interact with pristine and functionalized graphene using density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamic simulations. Using the free energy perturbation method we will show how the addition of phenyl side groups to the core compound and functionalization of graphene affect the stability, mobility and conformation adopted by a dimer of bis-(Zn)salphen compound adsorbed on graphene surface and what it can reveal about the arrangement of chains of bis-(Zn)salphen polymer around carbon nanotubes during the self-assembly of microscale networks.
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- Sergey Pyrlin
- Physics Center of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Cao XZ, Merlitz H, Wu CX, Forest MG. Screening confinement of entanglements: Role of a self-propelling end inducing ballistic chain reptation. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:L022501. [PMID: 36110008 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.l022501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Synthetic and natural nanomaterials with self-propelling mechanisms continue to be explored to boost chain mobility beyond normal reptation in the crowded environments of entangled chains. Here we employ scaling theory and numerical simulations to demonstrate that activating one chain end of a singular or isolated chain boosts entanglement-constrained chain reptation from the one-dimensional diffusive mobility as described by the de Gennes-Edwards-Doi model to ballistic motion along the entanglement tube contour. The active chain is effectively screened from the constraint of entanglements on length scales exceeding the tube size.
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- Xue-Zheng Cao
- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- Departments of Mathematics, Applied Physical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3250, USA
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Ionic Polymer Nanocomposites Subjected to Uniaxial Extension: A Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Study. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13224001. [PMID: 34833305 PMCID: PMC8621629 DOI: 10.3390/polym13224001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We explore the behavior of coarse-grained ionic polymer nanocomposites (IPNCs) under uniaxial extension up to 800% strain by means of nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. We observe a simultaneous increase of stiffness and toughness of the IPNCs upon increasing the engineering strain rate, in agreement with experimental observations. We reveal that the excellent toughness of the IPNCs originates from the electrostatic interaction between polymers and nanoparticles, and that it is not due to the mobility of the nanoparticles or the presence of polymer-polymer entanglements. During the extension, and depending on the nanoparticle volume fraction, polymer-nanoparticle ionic crosslinks are suppressed with the increase of strain rate and electrostatic strength, while the mean pore radius increases with strain rate and is altered by the nanoparticle volume fraction and electrostatic strength. At relatively low strain rates, IPNCs containing an entangled matrix exhibit self-strengthening behavior. We provide microscopic insight into the structural, conformational properties and crosslinks of IPNCs, also referred to as polymer nanocomposite electrolytes, accompanying their unusual mechanical behavior.
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Takase N, Koyanagi J, Mori K, Sakai T. Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Evaluating Fracture Entropy of a Polymer Material under Various Combined Stress States. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14081884. [PMID: 33920091 PMCID: PMC8070208 DOI: 10.3390/ma14081884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herein, the stress-state dependence of fracture entropy for a polyamide 6 material is investigated through molecular dynamics simulations. Although previous research suggests that a constant entropy increase can be universally applied for the definition of material fracture, the dependence of stress triaxiality has not yet been discussed. In this study, entropy values are evaluated by molecular dynamics simulations with varied combined stress states. The calculation is implemented using the 570,000 all-atom model. Similar entropy values are obtained independently of stress triaxiality. This study also reveals the relationship between material damage, which is correlated with void size, and the entropy value.
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- Naohiro Takase
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan;
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-35-876-1411
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- Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation, Art Village Osaki Central Tower, 1-2-2, Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8522, Japan;
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan;
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Moghimikheirabadi A, Mugemana C, Kröger M, Karatrantos AV. Polymer Conformations, Entanglements and Dynamics in Ionic Nanocomposites: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2591. [PMID: 33158229 PMCID: PMC7694256 DOI: 10.3390/polym12112591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We investigate nanoparticle (NP) dispersion, polymer conformations, entanglements and dynamics in ionic nanocomposites. To this end, we study nanocomposite systems with various spherical NP loadings, three different molecular weights, two different Bjerrum lengths, and two types of charge-sequenced polymers by means of molecular dynamics simulations. NP dispersion can be achieved in either oligomeric or entangled polymeric matrices due to the presence of electrostatic interactions. We show that the overall conformations of ionic oligomer chains, as characterized by their radii of gyration, are affected by the presence and the amount of charged NPs, while the dimensions of charged entangled polymers remain unperturbed. Both the dynamical behavior of polymers and NPs, and the lifetime and amount of temporary crosslinks, are found to depend on the ratio between the Bjerrum length and characteristic distance between charged monomers. Polymer-polymer entanglements start to decrease beyond a certain NP loading. The dynamics of ionic NPs and polymers is very different compared with their non-ionic counterparts. Specifically, ionic NP dynamics is getting enhanced in entangled matrices and also accelerates with the increase of NP loading.
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- Ahmad Moghimikheirabadi
- Polymer Physics, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Materials Research and Technology, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;
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- Polymer Physics, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Materials Research and Technology, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;
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A ND, Swain A, Begam N, Bhattacharyya A, Basu JK. Temperature-Driven Grafted Nanoparticle Penetration into Polymer Melt: Role of Enthalpic and Entropic Interactions. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nimmi Das A
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012, India
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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- S.N Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012, India
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Fluorescence microscopy tracking of dyes, nanoparticles and quantum dots during growth of polymer spherulites. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cao XZ, Merlitz H, Forest MG. Nanoparticle Loading of Unentangled Polymers Induces Entanglement-Like Relaxation Modes and a Broad Sol-Gel Transition. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4968-4973. [PMID: 31386385 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We combine molecular dynamics simulations, imaging and data analysis, and the Green-Kubo summation formula for the relaxation modulus G(t) to elicit the structure and rheology of unentangled polymer-nanoparticle composites distinguished by small NPs and strong NP-monomer attraction, εNPM ≫ kBT. A reptation-like plateau emerges in G(t) beyond a terminal relaxation time scale as the volume fraction, cNP, of NPs increases, coincident with a structure transition. A condensed phase of NP-aggregates forms, tightly interlaced with thin sheets of polymer chains, the remaining phase consisting of free chains void of NPs. Rouse mode analyses are applied to the two individual phases, revealing that long-wavelength Rouse modes in the aggregate phase are the source of reptation-like relaxation. Imaging reveals chain motion confined within the thin sheets between NPs and exhibits a 2D analogue of classical reptation. In the NP-free phase, Rouse modes relax indistinguishable from a neat polymer melt. The Fourier transform of G(t) reveals a sol-gel transition across a broad frequency spectrum, tuned by cNP and εNPM above critical thresholds, below which all structure and rheological transitions vanish.
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- Xue-Zheng Cao
- Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3250, United States
- Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3250, United States
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Karatrantos A, Koutsawa Y, Dubois P, Clarke N, Kröger M. Miscibility and Nanoparticle Diffusion in Ionic Nanocomposites. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E1010. [PMID: 30960935 PMCID: PMC6403637 DOI: 10.3390/polym10091010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We investigate the effect of various spherical nanoparticles in a polymer matrix on dispersion, chain dimensions and entanglements for ionic nanocomposites at dilute and high nanoparticle loading by means of molecular dynamics simulations. The nanoparticle dispersion can be achieved in oligomer matrices due to the presence of electrostatic interactions. We show that the overall configuration of ionic oligomer chains, as characterized by their radii of gyration, can be perturbed at dilute nanoparticle loading by the presence of charged nanoparticles. In addition, the nanoparticle's diffusivity is reduced due to the electrostatic interactions, in comparison to conventional nanocomposites where the electrostatic interaction is absent. The charged nanoparticles are found to move by a hopping mechanism.
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- Argyrios Karatrantos
- Materials Research and Technology, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
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- Materials Research and Technology, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 5, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
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- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, University of Mons & Materia Nova Research Centre, Place du Parc 20, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.
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- Polymer Physics, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Ren KX, Jia XM, Jiao GS, Chen T, Qian HJ, Lu ZY. Interfacial Properties and Hopping Diffusion of Small Nanoparticle in Polymer/Nanoparticle Composite with Attractive Interaction on Side Group. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E598. [PMID: 30966632 PMCID: PMC6403981 DOI: 10.3390/polym10060598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The diffusion dynamics of fullerene (C 60 ) in unentangled linear atactic polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP) melts and the structure and dynamic properties of polymers in interface area are investigated by performing all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. The comparison of the results in two systems emphasises the influence of local interactions exerted by polymer side group on the diffusion dynamics of the nanoparticle. In the normal diffusive regime at long time scales, the displacement distribution function (DDF) follows a Gaussian distribution in PP system, indicating a normal diffusion of C 60 . However, we observe multiple peaks in the DDF curve for C 60 diffusing in PS melt, which indicates a diffusion mechanism of hopping of C 60 . The attractive interaction between C 60 and phenyl ring side groups are found to be responsible for the observed hopping diffusion. In addition, we find that the C 60 is dynamically coupled with a subsection of a tetramer on PS chain, which has a similar size with C 60 . The phenyl ring on PS chain backbone tends to have a parallel configuration in the vicinity of C 60 surface, therefore neighbouring phenyl rings can form chelation effect on the C 60 surface. Consequently, the rotational dynamics of phenyl ring and the translational diffusion of styrene monomers are found to be slowed down in this interface area. We hope our results can be helpful for understanding of the influence of the local interactions on the nanoparticle diffusion dynamics and interfacial properties in polymer/nanoparticle composites.
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- Kai-Xin Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China.
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Yang H, Cao XZ, Zhou B, Liu YS, Wu CX. Adding Nonconnected Monomers to Manage the Layering Crystallization of Polymers on Athermal Substrate. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.201700068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Huan Yang
- Department of Physics; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; Hangzhou 310018 P. R. China
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- Department of Physics; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; Hangzhou 310018 P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry; University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill; Chapel-Hill NC 27514 USA
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- Department of Physics; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; Hangzhou 310018 P. R. China
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- Department of Physics; Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; Hangzhou 310018 P. R. China
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- Department of Physics; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P. R. China
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Milosevic AM, Rodriguez‐Lorenzo L, Balog S, Monnier CA, Petri‐Fink A, Rothen‐Rutishauser B. Assessing the Stability of Fluorescently Encoded Nanoparticles in Lysosomes by Using Complementary Methods. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:13382-13386. [PMID: 28767191 PMCID: PMC5659134 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201705422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 07/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Nanoparticles (NPs) are promising tools in biomedical research. In vitro testing is still the first method for initial evaluation; however, NP colloidal behavior and integrity, in particular inside cells (that is, in lysosomes), are largely unknown and difficult to evaluate because of the complexity of the environment. Furthermore, while the majority of NPs are usually labeled with fluorescent dyes for tracking purposes, the effect of the lysosomal environment on the fluorophore properties, as well as the ensuing effects on data interpretation, is often only sparsely addressed. In this work, we have employed several complementary analytical methods to better understand the fate of fluorescently encoded NPs and identify potential pitfalls that may arise from focusing primary analysis on a single attribute, for example, fluorophore detection. Our study shows that in a lysosomal environment NPs can undergo significant changes resulting in dye quenching and distorted fluorescence signals.
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- Ana M. Milosevic
- Adolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of FribourgCh. des Verdiers 4Fribourg1700Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of FribourgCh. des Verdiers 4Fribourg1700Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of FribourgCh. des Verdiers 4Fribourg1700Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of FribourgCh. des Verdiers 4Fribourg1700Switzerland
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Milosevic AM, Rodriguez-Lorenzo L, Balog S, Monnier CA, Petri-Fink A, Rothen-Rutishauser B. Assessing the Stability of Fluorescently Encoded Nanoparticles in Lysosomes by Using Complementary Methods. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201705422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ana M. Milosevic
- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Ch. des Verdiers 4 Fribourg 1700 Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Ch. des Verdiers 4 Fribourg 1700 Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Ch. des Verdiers 4 Fribourg 1700 Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Ch. des Verdiers 4 Fribourg 1700 Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; Ch. des Verdiers 4 Fribourg 1700 Switzerland
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Cao XZ, Merlitz H, Wu CX. Tuning Adsorption Duration To Control the Diffusion of a Nanoparticle in Adsorbing Polymers. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:2629-2633. [PMID: 28535343 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Controlling the nanoparticle (NP) diffusion in polymers is a prerequisite to obtain polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) with desired dynamical and rheological properties and to achieve targeted delivery of nanomedicine in biological systems. Here we determine the suppression mechanism of direct NP-polymer attraction to hamper the NP mobility in adsorbing polymers and then quantify the dependence of the effective viscosity ηeff felt by the NP on the adsorption duration τads of polymers on the NP using scaling theory analysis and molecular dynamics simulations. We propose and confirm that participation of adsorbed chains in the NP motion break up at time intervals beyond τads due to the rearrangement of polymer segments at the NP surface, which accounts for the onset of Fickian NP diffusion on a time scale of t ≈ τads. We develop a power law, ηeff ∼ (τads)ν, where ν is the scaling exponent of the dependence of polymer coil size on the chain length, which leads to a theoretical basis for the design of PNCs and nanomedicine with desired applications through tuning the polymer adsorption duration.
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- Xue-Zheng Cao
- Department of Physics, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden , 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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Volgin IV, Larin SV, Abad E, Lyulin SV. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Fullerene Diffusion in Polymer Melts. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Igor V. Volgin
- Institute
of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoj
pr. V.O., 31, 199004 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute
of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoj
pr. V.O., 31, 199004 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Departamento
de Física Aplicada and Instituto de Computación Científica
Avanzada (ICCAEX), Centro Universitario de Mérida, Universidad de Extremadura, E-06800 Mérida, Spain
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- Institute
of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoj
pr. V.O., 31, 199004 Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Physical
Faculty, Saint-Petersburg University, Ulyanovskaya str. 1, 198504 Petrodvorets, Russia
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