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Menšík M, Rais D, Thottappali MA, Güloğlu P, Toman P, Vohlídal J, Pfleger J. Kinetics of the Photoexcited States in Thin Films of Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers With Ditopic Thiophene-Bridged Terpyridine Ligands. Front Chem 2022; 9:766121. [PMID: 35127641 PMCID: PMC8812722 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.766121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Managing the excited-state decay by a supramolecular structure is a crucial issue for organic photovoltaics. We show that in thin films of metallo-supramolecular polymers made of bis(terpyridine-4′-yl)terthiophenes and Zn2+ coupling ions, the photoexcited states generated by ultrashort laser pulses at the wavelength of 440 nm decay by the bi-molecular annihilation predominantly controlled by the Förster transfer between singlet states. During this bi-molecular annihilation of singlet states, intermediate hot triplet pairs are formed, which subsequently dissociate into long-living diffusing triplet states. It explains a significant shortening of the triplet state rise time with increasing pump fluence. The diffusion coefficient of triplets showed power-law time dependence, with its exponent proportional to the pump fluence, decreasing thus the diffusivity of triplets.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miroslav Menšík
- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
- *Correspondence: Jiří Pfleger,
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Deng L, Lu H, Tu C, Zhou T, Cao W, Gao C. A tough synthetic hydrogel with excellent post-loading of drugs for promoting the healing of infected wounds in vivo. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2021; 134:112577. [PMID: 35525747 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bacterial infection is a major obstacle to the wound healing process. The hydrogel dressings with a simpler structure and good antibacterial and wound healing performance are appealing for clinical application. Herein, a robust hydrogel was synthesized from acrylamide (AM), acrylic acid (AA) and N,N'-methylene diacrylamide (MBA) via a redox initiating polymerization. The polymerization conditions were optimized to obtain the hydrogel with minimum unreacted monomers, which were 0.25% and 0.12% for AM and AA, respectively. The hydrogel had good mechanical strength, and could effectively resist damage by external forces and maintain a good macroscopic shape. It showed large water uptake capacity, and could post load a wide range of molecules via hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interaction. Loading of antibiotic doxycycline (DOX) enabled the hydrogel with good antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria in vitro and in vivo. In a rat model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-infected full-thickness skin defect wound, the DOX-loaded hydrogel showed good therapeutic effect. It could significantly promote the wound closure, increased the collagen coverage area, down-regulate the expressions of pro-inflammatory TNF-α and IL-1β factors, and up-regulate the expressions of anti-inflammatory IL-4 factor and CD31 neovascularization factor.
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- Liwen Deng
- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine Second Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030000, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030000, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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A terpyridine-based chemosensor for detection transition metal ions in aqueous solution: Synthesis and characterization. Eur Polym J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang X, Feng Y, Chen C, Yang H, Yang X. Preparation, characterization and activity of tea polyphenols-zinc complex. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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