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Hiller W, Grabe B, Schonert J. Molar Mass Determination for Small and Large Molecules Using Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2024. [PMID: 39235468 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c02874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2024]
Abstract
The development of the most comprehensive universal calibration of molar mass dependences will be presented. For the first time, diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) can now provide structure-, solvent-, and temperature-independent molar mass determinations for both small and large molecules. This fundamental theoretical approach provides only one single function which could perfectly describe all molar mass dependences. The new development using DOSY was tested on 477 diffusion coefficients representing altogether 56 molar mass dependences of 30 small molecules in 7 solvents, 5 different polymers in 10 solvents, and 11 temperature dependences of 2 polymers in 2 solvents, respectively. These samples cover a very large range of molar masses varying between 70 g/mol until 1 200 000 g/mol. The derived equation for the molar masses delivered a very good accuracy for all samples and might be one of the best tools for molar mass determinations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wolf Hiller
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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Tooley O, Pointer W, Radmall R, Hall M, Swift T, Town J, Aydogan C, Junkers T, Wilson P, Lester D, Haddleton D. Real-Time Determination of Molecular Weight: Use of MaDDOSY (Mass Determination Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy) to Monitor the Progress of Polymerization Reactions. ACS POLYMERS AU 2024; 4:311-319. [PMID: 39156557 PMCID: PMC11328330 DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.4c00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
Abstract
Knowledge of molecular weight is an integral factor in polymer synthesis, and while many synthetic strategies have been developed to help control this, determination of the final molecular weight is often only measured at the end of the reaction. Herein, we provide a technique for the online determination of polymer molecular weight using a universal, solvent-independent diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) calibration and evidence its use in a variety of polymerization reactions.
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- Owen Tooley
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
- School
of Chemistry, Monash University, 17 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, West Yorkshire, United
Kingdom
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- Polymer
Characterization RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, Monash University, 17 Rainforest Walk, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Polymer
Characterization RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
- Polymer
Characterization RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Tooley O, Pointer W, Radmall R, Hall M, Beyer V, Stakem K, Swift T, Town J, Junkers T, Wilson P, Lester D, Haddleton D. MaDDOSY (Mass Determination Diffusion Ordered Spectroscopy) using an 80 MHz Bench Top NMR for the Rapid Determination of Polymer and Macromolecular Molecular Weight. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024; 45:e2300692. [PMID: 38288674 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Measurement of molecular weight is an integral part of macromolecular and polymer characterization which usually has limitations. Herein, this article presents the use of a bench-top 80 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer for diffusion-ordered spectroscopy as a practical and rapid approach for the determination of molecular weight/size using a novel solvent and polymer-independent universal calibration.
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- Owen Tooley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK
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- Polymer Characterization RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Box 23 Victoria, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Polymer Characterization RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Polymer Characterization RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Grabe B, Hiller W. Online coupling of liquid chromatography and two-dimensional diffusion ordered spectroscopy for the analysis of oligostyrenes. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1719:464750. [PMID: 38412606 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The aim of this study was to introduce a powerful coupling of Liquid Adsorption Chromatography (LAC) and Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy (DOSY) for comprehensive structure analysis. This new hyphenation approach facilitated the simultaneous separation of a polymer mixture and the determination of molar masses within a single 3D experiment. The online coupling of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and two-dimensional DOSY-NMR will be called 3D-LAC-NMR-DOSY experiment. Our methodology enabled the chromatographic separation of analytes based on their chemical heterogeneity, and provided accurate molar masses of the analytes through 2D-DOSY. This new method was demonstrated on a polystyrene oligomer mixture. In this case, the oligostyrenes could be separated with LAC according to their tacticity and chain length in protonated acetonitrile as eluent and DOSY measurements provided the molar masses of each oligomer. In order to show the power of the 3D-LAC-NMR-DOSY method, the comparison to 2D-DOSY, 3D-DOSY and LAC-NMR was separately evaluated. Furthermore, the recently published solvent-independent molar mass calibration of diffusion coefficients was also successfully applied in our LAC-DOSY studies for molar mass predictions of the oligomers in acetonitrile. The predicted molar masses were in good agreement with the LAC-DOSY measurements and were verified by calibrations of diffusion coefficients and mass spectrometry. Finally, this pioneering 3D technique offers a powerful new tool for advancing structure analysis and enhancing our understanding of complex systems such as oligostyrenes.
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- Bastian Grabe
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, Dortmund 44227, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, Dortmund 44227, Germany.
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Hiller W, Grabe B. The Universal Calibration for Structure- and Solvent-Independent Molar Mass Determinations of Polymers Using Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2023. [PMID: 38016106 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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It will be shown how diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) can produce a universal calibration of molar mass dependences of polymers compared to size exclusion chromatography (SEC) or recently published DOSY methods. Whereas SEC can deliver only structure-independent universal calibrations for a particular solvent, DOSY was used for creating solvent-independent calibrations for a certain polymer. Now, we can demonstrate a universal calibration method that generates both a structure- and solvent-independent molar mass calibration. Only one mathematical function describes the structure- and solvent-independent calibrations for DOSY by implementing the Mark-Houwink approach. The derived equation is tested on polystyrene (PS), poly(ethylene oxide), and poly(methyl methacrylate) of different molar masses and in different solvents. Altogether, 94 diffusion coefficients representing 16 molar mass calibrations of the diffusion coefficients in 10 different solvents could be perfectly matched to one universal calibration function with an average deviation of just 2.5%. It was also found that the Mark-Houwink parameters calculated by DOSY are very close to the SEC data. In any case, this new approach is a very useful tool for the determination of molar masses and new Mark-Houwink parameters via DOSY.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wolf Hiller
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,TU Dortmund University,Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a,44227Dortmund,Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,TU Dortmund University,Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a,44227Dortmund,Germany
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Bara‐Estaún A, Harder MC, Lyall CL, Lowe JP, Suturina E, Hintermair U. Paramagnetic Relaxation Agents for Enhancing Temporal Resolution and Sensitivity in Multinuclear FlowNMR Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300215. [PMID: 36946535 PMCID: PMC10962566 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Sensitivity in FlowNMR spectroscopy for reaction monitoring often suffers from low levels of pre-magnetisation due to limited residence times of the sample in the magnetic field. While this in-flow effect is tolerable for high sensitivity nuclei such as 1 H and 19 F, it significantly reduces the signal-to-noise ratio in 31 P and 13 C spectra, making FlowNMR impractical for low sensititvity nuclei at low concentrations. Paramagnetic relaxation agents (PRAs), which enhance polarisation and spin-lattice relaxation, could eliminate the adverse in-flow effect and improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Herein, [Co(acac)3 ], [Mn(acac)3 ], [Fe(acac)3 ], [Cr(acac)3 ], [Ni(acac)2 ]3, [Gd(tmhd)3 ] and [Cr(tmhd)3 ] are investigated for their effectiveness in improving signal intensity per unit time in FlowNMR applications under the additional constraint of chemical inertness towards catalytically active transition metal complexes. High-spin Cr(III) acetylacetonates emerged as the most effective compounds, successfully reducing 31 P T1 values four- to five-fold at PRA concentrations as low as 10 mM without causing adverse line broadening. Whereas [Cr(acac)3 ] showed signs of chemical reactivity with a mixture of triphenylphosphine, triphenylphosphine oxide and triphenylphosphate over the course of several hours at 80° C, the bulkier [Cr(tmhd)3 ] was stable and equally effective as a PRA under these conditions. Compatibility with a range of representative transition metal complexes often used in homogeneous catalysis has been investigated, and application of [Cr(tmhd)3 ] in significantly improving 1 H and 31 P{1 H} FlowNMR data quality in a Rh-catalysed hydroformylation reaction has been demonstrated. With the PRA added, 13 C relaxation times were reduced more than six-fold, allowing quantitative reaction monitoring of substrate consumption and product formation by 13 C{1 H} FlowNMR spectroscopy at natural abundance.
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- Alejandro Bara‐Estaún
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Institute for SustainabilityUniversity of BathBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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Patterson SBH, Wong R, Barker G, Vilela F. Advances in continuous polymer analysis in flow with application towards biopolymers. J Flow Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s41981-023-00268-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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AbstractBiopolymers, polymers derived from renewable biomass sources, have gained increasing attention in recent years due to their potential to replace traditional petroleum-based polymers in a range of applications. Among the many advantages of biopolymers can be included their biocompatibility, excellent mechanical properties, and availability from renewable feedstock. However, the development of biopolymers has been limited by a lack of understanding of their properties and processing behaviours. Continuous analysis techniques have the potential to hasten progress in this area by providing real-time insights into the properties and processing of biopolymers. Significant research in polymer chemistry has focused on petroleum-derived polymers and has thus provided a wealth of synthetic and analytical methodologies which may be applied to the biopolymer field. Of particular note is the application of flow technology in polymer science and its implications for accelerating progress towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional petroleum-based polymers. In this mini review we have outlined several of the most prominent use cases for biopolymers along with the current state-of-the art in continuous analysis of polymers in flow, including defining and differentiating atline, inline, online and offline analysis. We have found several examples for continuous flow analysis which have direct application to the biopolymer field, and we demonstrate an atline continuous polymer analysis method using size exclusion chromatography.
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Bazzoni M, Lhoste C, Bonnet J, Konan KE, Bernard A, Giraudeau P, Felpin FX, Dumez JN. In-line Multidimensional NMR Monitoring of Photochemical Flow Reactions. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203240. [PMID: 36651473 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203240] [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: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This work demonstrates the in-line monitoring of a flow photochemical reaction using 1D and ultrafast 2D NMR methods at high magnetic field. The reaction mixture exiting the flow reactor is flown through the NMR spectrometer and directly analyzed. In the case of simple substrates, suitable information can be obtained through 1D 1 H spectra, but for molecules of higher complexity the use of 2D experiments is key to address signal overlaps and assignment issues. Here we show the usefulness of ultrafast 2D COSY experiments acquired in 70 s or less, for the in-line monitoring of photochemical reactions, and the possibility to obtain reliable quantitative information. This is a powerful framework to, for example, efficiently screen reaction conditions.
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR6230, F-4400, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR6230, F-4400, Nantes, France
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- Nantes Université, CNRS, CEISAM UMR6230, F-4400, Nantes, France
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Mishra R, Dumez JN. Theoretical analysis of flow effects in spatially encoded diffusion NMR. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:014204. [PMID: 36610961 DOI: 10.1063/5.0130125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The measurement of translational diffusion coefficients by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is essential in a broad range of fields, including organic, inorganic, polymer, and supramolecular chemistry. It is also a powerful method for mixture analysis. Spatially encoded diffusion NMR (SPEN DNMR)" is a time efficient technique to collect diffusion NMR data, which is particularly relevant for the analysis of samples that evolve in time. In many cases, motion other than diffusion is present in NMR samples. This is, for example, the case of flow NMR experiments, such as in online reaction monitoring and in the presence of sample convection. Such motion is deleterious for the accuracy of DNMR experiments in general and for SPEN DNMR in particular. Limited theoretical understanding of flow effects in SPEN DNMR experiments is an obstacle for their broader experimental implementation. Here, we present a detailed theoretical analysis of flow effects in SPEN DNMR and of their compensation, throughout the relevant pulse sequences. This analysis is validated by comparison with numerical simulation performed with the Fokker-Planck formalism. We then consider, through numerical simulation, the specific cases of constant, laminar, and convection flow and the accuracy of SPEN DNMR experiments in these contexts. This analysis will be useful for the design and implementation of fast diffusion NMR experiments and for their applications.
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- Rituraj Mishra
- CNRS, CEISAM, Nantes Université, UMR 6230, F-4400 Nantes, France
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Szymaszek P, Tomal W, Świergosz T, Kamińska-Borek I, Popielarz R, Ortyl J. Review of quantitative and qualitative methods for monitoring photopolymerization reactions. Polym Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py01538b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Authomatic in-situ monitoring and characterization of photopolymerization.
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Garcia A, Blum SA. Polymer Molecular Weight Determination via Fluorescence Lifetime. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22416-22420. [PMID: 36459633 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Control of polymer molecular weight is critical for tailoring structure-function properties; however, traditional molecular weight characterization techniques have limited ability to determine the molecular weight of polymers in real time without sample removal from the reaction mixture, with spatial resolution, and of insoluble polymers. In this work, a fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) method was developed that overcomes these limitations. The method is demonstrated with polynorbornene and polydicyclopentadiene, polymers derived from ruthenium-catalyzed ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). The polymer Mw, ranging from 35 to 570 kg/mol as determined by gel-permeation chromatography, was quantitatively correlated with the fluorescence lifetime. The revealed correlation then enabled time-resolved measurement of Mw during an ongoing ROMP reaction, requiring only 1 s per measurement (of a 45 μm × 45 μm polymer sample area), and provided spatial resolution, resulting in simultaneous characterization of polymer morphology. To provide the fluorescence signal, the initial reaction solutions contained a very low doping of a reactive norbornene monomer labeled with fluorescent boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY), such that 1 in every 107 monomers contained a fluorophore. The resulting FLIM visualization method enables the rapid determination of the molecular weights of growing polymers without removal from the reaction mixture and regardless of polymer solubility.
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- Antonio Garcia
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Tadiello L, Drexler HJ, Beweries T. Low-Field Flow 31P NMR Spectroscopy for Organometallic Chemistry: On-Line Analysis of Highly Air-Sensitive Rhodium Diphosphine Complexes. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Laura Tadiello
- Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e.V., Albert-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e.V., Albert-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institut für Katalyse e.V., Albert-Einstein-Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Marchand A, Mishra R, Bernard A, Dumez J. Online Reaction Monitoring with Fast and Flow‐Compatible Diffusion NMR Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201175. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Nantes Université CNRS CEISAM UMR 6230 44000 Nantes France
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Fillbrook LL, Nothling MD, Stenzel MH, Price WS, Beves JE. Rapid Online Analysis of Photopolymerization Kinetics and Molecular Weight Using Diffusion NMR. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:166-172. [PMID: 35574764 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Online, high-throughput molecular weight analysis of polymerizations is rare, with most studies relying on tedious sampling techniques and batchwise postanalysis. The ability to track both monomer conversion and molecular weight evolution in real time could underpin precision polymer development and facilitate study of rapid polymerization reactions. Here, we use a single time-resolved diffusion nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment to simultaneously study the kinetics and molecular weight evolution during a photopolymerization, with in situ irradiation inside the NMR instrument. As a model system, we used a photoinduced electron transfer reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization. The data allow diffusion coefficients and intensities to be calculated every 14 s from which the polymer size and monomer conversion can be extracted. Key to this approach is (1) the use of shuffled gradient amplitudes in the diffusion NMR experiment to access reactions of any rate, (2) the addition of a relaxation agent to increase achievable time resolution and, (3) a sliding correction that accounts for viscosity changes during polymerization. Diffusion NMR offers a uniquely simple, translatable handle for online monitoring of polymerization reactions.
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- Nanoscale Group, School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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Voorter P, McKay A, Dai J, Paravagna O, Cameron NR, Junkers T. Solvent‐Independent Molecular Weight Determination of Polymers Based on a Truly Universal Calibration. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pieter‐Jan Voorter
- Polymer Reaction Design Group School of Chemistry Monash University 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23 Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group School of Chemistry Monash University 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23 Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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- Dulux Australia 1956 Dandenong Road Clayton VIC 3168 Australia
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- Dulux Australia 1956 Dandenong Road Clayton VIC 3168 Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Monash University 22 Alliance Lane Clayton Victoria, 3800 Australia
- School of Engineering University of Warwick. Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group School of Chemistry Monash University 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23 Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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Bara-Estaun A, Lyall C, Lowe JP, Pringle PG, Kamer P, Franke R, Hintermair U. Mapping Catalyst Activation, Turnover Speciation and Deactivation in Rh/PPh3-catalysed Olefin Hydroformylation. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy00312k] [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]
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We report new insights into the fate of the precious metal during hydroformylation catalysis of 1-hexene with Rh/PPh3 complexes using multi-nuclear operando FlowNMR spectroscopy. By applying selectively excited 1H and...
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Thomlinson IA, Davidson M, Lyall C, Lowe JP, Hintermair U. Fast and Accurate Diffusion NMR Acquisition in Continuous Flow. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:8242-8245. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03054c] [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]
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FlowNMR spectroscopy has become a popular and powerful technique for online reaction monitoring. DOSY NMR is an established technique for obtaining information about diffusion rates and molecular size on static...
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Voorter PJ, McKay A, Dai J, Paravagna O, Cameron NR, Junkers T. Solvent-Independent Molecular Weight Determination of Polymers Based on a Truly Universal Calibration. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114536. [PMID: 34861091 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) allows for accurate molecular weight calibration and determination that can be corrected for solvent influences. Polystyrene and poly(ethylene glycol) standards have been used to calibrate DOSY diffusion data for a variety of solvents, showing a high correlation of data when the bulk viscosity of the solvent is accounted for following the Stokes-Einstein equation. In this way, a type of universal calibration is introduced that allows for determinations of average molecular weight that are at least as accurate as those of traditional size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), if not better. Further, we demonstrate that DOSY calibrations can be used between laboratories, hence removing the need for individual calibration of setups as currently done.
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- Pieter-Jan Voorter
- Polymer Reaction Design Group, School of Chemistry, Monash University, 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group, School of Chemistry, Monash University, 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Dulux Australia, 1956 Dandenong Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Dulux Australia, 1956 Dandenong Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, 22 Alliance Lane, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.,School of Engineering, University of Warwick., Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group, School of Chemistry, Monash University, 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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Soheilmoghaddam F, Rumble M, Cooper-White J. High-Throughput Routes to Biomaterials Discovery. Chem Rev 2021; 121:10792-10864. [PMID: 34213880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Many existing clinical treatments are limited in their ability to completely restore decreased or lost tissue and organ function, an unenviable situation only further exacerbated by a globally aging population. As a result, the demand for new medical interventions has increased substantially over the past 20 years, with the burgeoning fields of gene therapy, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine showing promise to offer solutions for full repair or replacement of damaged or aging tissues. Success in these fields, however, inherently relies on biomaterials that are engendered with the ability to provide the necessary biological cues mimicking native extracellular matrixes that support cell fate. Accelerating the development of such "directive" biomaterials requires a shift in current design practices toward those that enable rapid synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials and the coupling of these processes with techniques that enable similarly rapid quantification and optimization of the interactions between these new material systems and target cells and tissues. This manuscript reviews recent advances in combinatorial and high-throughput (HT) technologies applied to polymeric biomaterial synthesis, fabrication, and chemical, physical, and biological screening with targeted end-point applications in the fields of gene therapy, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Limitations of, and future opportunities for, the further application of these research tools and methodologies are also discussed.
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- Farhad Soheilmoghaddam
- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory (TEaM), Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.,School of Chemical Engineering, University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
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- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory (TEaM), Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.,School of Chemical Engineering, University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
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- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory (TEaM), Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.,School of Chemical Engineering, University Of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072
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Self-Initiated Butyl Acrylate Polymerizations in Bulk and in Solution Monitored By In-Line Techniques. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13122021. [PMID: 34205620 PMCID: PMC8233791 DOI: 10.3390/polym13122021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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High-temperature acrylate polymerizations are technically relevant, but yet not fully understood. In particular the mechanism and the kinetics of the thermal self-initiation is a topic of current research. To obtain more detailed information the conversion dependence of the polymerization rate, rbr, is determined via in-line DSC and FT-NIR spectroscopy for reactions in bulk and in solution at temperatures ranging from 80 to 160 °C. Solution polymerizations revealed that dioxane is associated with the highest rbr, while aromatic solvents result in the lowest values of rbr. Interestingly, rbr for polymerizations in solution with dioxane depends on the actual monomer concentration at a given time in the system, but is not depending on the initial monomer concentration. The overall rate of polymerization in bulk and in solution is well represented by an equation with three or four parameters, respectively, being estimated by multiple linear regression and the temperature as additional parameter.
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Saib A, Bara-Estaún A, Harper OJ, Berry DBG, Thomlinson IA, Broomfield-Tagg R, Lowe JP, Lyall CL, Hintermair U. Engineering aspects of FlowNMR spectroscopy setups for online analysis of solution-phase processes. REACT CHEM ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1re00217a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this article we review some fundamental engineering concepts and evaluate components and materials required to assemble and operate safe and effective FlowNMR setups that reliably generate meaningful results.
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- Asad Saib
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Centre for Sustainable & Circular Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Centre for Sustainable & Circular Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Centre for Sustainable & Circular Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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Philipps K, Junkers T, Michels JJ. The block copolymer shuffle in size exclusion chromatography: the intrinsic problem with using elugrams to determine chain extension success. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00210d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Is an increase in hydrodynamic volume always expected in block copolymer synthesis? Why SEC is sometimes not the last word.
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- Kai Philipps
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- Polymer Reaction Design Group
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Clayton
- Australia
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