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Stern T. Single-Step Synthesis and Characterization of Non-Linear Tough and Strong Segmented Polyurethane Elastomer Consisting of Very Short Hard and Soft Segments and Hierarchical Side-Reacted Networks and Single-Step Synthesis of Hierarchical Hyper-Branched Polyurethane. Molecules 2024; 29:1420. [PMID: 38611700 PMCID: PMC11013183 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29071420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Polyurethane elastomers are among the most versatile classes of industrial polymers-typically achieved through a two-step synthesis of segmented block copolymers, comprising very long and soft segments that provide elasticity and significantly long and hard segments that provide strength. The present research focused on the design of a single-step synthesis of a new segmented polyurethane consisting of very short soft and hard segments, crosslinked by preferentially side-reacted hierarchical tertiary oligo-uret network structures, thus exhibiting significant strength, elasticity, and toughness. Despite the theoretically linear structure, both FTIR and solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy analyses indicated the quasi-equal presence of urethane groups and tertiary oligo-uret structures in the resulting polymer, indicating a preferential consecutive side reaction mechanism. Thermal analysis indicated the significant crystallization of soft segments consisting of only four ethylene oxide units, which was, hereby, demonstrated to occur via an extended chain mechanism. Tensile mechanical properties included significant strength, elasticity, and toughness. Increasing the soft segment length led to a decreased tertiary oligo-uret secondary crosslinking efficacy. The preferential hierarchical side reaction mechanism was, hereby, further confirmed through the synthesis of a completely new type of hyper-branched polymer via diisocyanate and a mono-hydroxy-terminated reagent. The structure-property relations and reaction mechanisms demonstrated in the present research can facilitate the design of new polyurethanes of enhanced performance and processing efficacy for a variety of novel applications.
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- Theodor Stern
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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Ribeiro FWM, Omari I, Thomas GT, Paul M, Williams PJH, McIndoe JS, Correra TC. Microstructural Analysis of Benzoxazine Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization Pathways. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024; 45:e2300470. [PMID: 37716013 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Herein, an evaluation of the initial step of benzoxazine polymerization is presented by mass spectrometry, with a focus on differentiating the phenoxy and phenolic products formed by distinct pathways of the cationic ring opening polymerization (ROP) mechanism of polybenzoxazine formation. The use of infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) techniques allows for differentiation of the two pathways and provides valuable insights into the ROP mechanism. The results suggest that type I pathway is favored in the initial stages of the reaction yielding the phenoxy product, while type II product should be observed at later stages when the phenoxy product would interconvert to the most stable type II phenolic product. Overall, the findings presented here provide important information on the initial step of the benzoxazine polymerization, allowing the development of optimal polymerization conditions and represents a way to evaluate other multifunctional polymerization processes.
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- Francisco W M Ribeiro
- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P. O. Box 3065, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P. O. Box 3065, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P. O. Box 3065, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P. O. Box 3065, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P. O. Box 3065, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil
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Stern T. Chemical Structure and Side Reactions in Polyurea Synthesized via the Water-Diisocyanate Synthesis Pathway. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3524. [PMID: 37688150 PMCID: PMC10489811 DOI: 10.3390/polym15173524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Industrial polyureas are typically synthesized using diisocyanates via two possible alternative pathways: the extremely quick and highly exothermal diamine-diisocyanate pathway and the relatively slow and mild water-diisocyanate pathway. Although polyurea synthesis via the water-diisocyanate pathway is known and has been industrially applied for many decades, there is surprisingly very little analytical information in the literature in relation to the type and extent of the occurring side reactions and the resulting chemical structures following this synthesis pathway. The synthesis of polyureas exhibiting very high concentrations of carbonyl-containing groups resulted in strong and accurate diagnostic analytical signals of combined FTIR and solid-state 13C NMR analysis. Despite the strictly linear theoretical chemical structure designed, the syntheses resulted in highly nonlinear and crosslinked polymers. It was analytically found that the water-diisocyanate pathway preferentially produced highly dominant and almost equal contents of both biuret structures and tertiary oligo-uret structures, with a very small occurrence of urea groups. This is in strong contrast with the chemical structures previously obtained via the diamine-diisocyanate polyurea synthesis pathway, which almost exclusively resulted in biuret structures. The much slower reaction and crosslinking rate of the water-diisocyanate synthesis pathway enabled the further access of isocyanate groups to the already-formed secondary nitrogens, thus facilitating the formation of complex hierarchical tertiary oligo-uret structures.
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- Theodor Stern
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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Ma H, Peng J, Zhang J, Pan L, Ouyang J, Li Z, Guo B, Wang Z, Xu Y, Lian D, Zeng X. Frontiers in Preparations and Promising Applications of Mesoporous Polydopamine for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. Pharmaceutics 2022; 15. [PMID: 36678644 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Polydopamine (PDA) is a natural melanin derived from marine mussels that has good biocompatibility, biodegradability, and photothermal conversion ability. As a new coating material, it offers a novel way to modify the surface of various substances. The drug loading capacity and encapsulation efficiency of PDA are greatly improved via the use of mesoporous materials. The abundant pore canals on mesoporous polydopamine (MPDA) exhibit a uniquely large surface area, which provides a structural basis for drug delivery. In this review, we systematically summarized the characteristics and manufacturing process of MPDA, introduced its application in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and discussed the existing problems in its development and clinical application. This comprehensive review will facilitate further research on MPDA in the fields of medicine including cancer therapy, materials science, and biology.
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Xing X, Wei J, Xu W, Wang B, Luo S, Yu Q. Effect of Organic Polymers on Mechanical Property and Toughening Mechanism of Slag Geopolymer Matrix. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14194214. [PMID: 36236162 PMCID: PMC9573140 DOI: 10.3390/polym14194214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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In this work, two series of chemically reactive polymers, silane coupling agents (SCAs) and water-soluble polymers, were specifically designed as an additive to improve the ductility of slag geopolymer paste by vibration pressure technique. The influences of organic polymers on the fluidity, rheological behavior, mechanical property, porosity, and toughening mechanism of slag geopolymer were investigated. The polycondensation and bonding characteristics of organic-inorganic products were calculated by 1H liquid nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). The polymerization degree of composite geopolymer was evaluated by 29Si NMR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The microscopic morphology of the geopolymer matrix was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the dosage of the KH570 and PAA-Na with 5 wt% behaved best in improving the flexural strength and the compressive strength of geopolymer in their corresponding organic series, respectively. The addition of polymers decreased the fluidity and the fluidity loss ratio of geopolymer slurry but reduced the harmful pores of hardened geopolymer. The organic polymers acting as bridge-fixed water molecules weakened the repulsion force, and formed a three-dimensional network through molecular interweaving in a geopolymer matrix. Methacryloxy in silane coupling agents and carboxyl group in water-soluble polymers may contribute to the improvement of hydration product structure through strong bonding with C-A-S-H. Microscopic measurements indicated that the addition of KH570 and PAA-Na in geopolymer could form 73.55% and 72.48% Si-O-Si with C-A-S-H gel, higher than the reference, and increase the polycondensation degree of C-A-S-H phase, reflected by the increased generation of Q2 and Q2(1Al) and the longer chain length, leading to a higher densified geopolymer matrix with high ductility.
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Ledwon P, Lapkowski M. The Role of Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Techniques in the Preparation and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers: From Polyaniline to Modern Organic Semiconductors. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14194173. [PMID: 36236121 PMCID: PMC9570781 DOI: 10.3390/polym14194173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This review article presents different electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical techniques used to investigate conjugated polymers. The development of this research area is presented from an over 40-year perspective-the period of research carried out by Professor Mieczyslaw Lapkowski. Initial research involved polymers derived from simple aromatic compounds, such as polyaniline. Since then, scientific advances in the field of conductive polymers have led to the development of so-called organic electronics. Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical methods have a great influence in the development of organic semiconductors. Their potential for explaining many phenomena is discussed and the most relevant examples are provided.
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- Przemyslaw Ledwon
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
- Centre for Organic and Nanohybrid Electronics, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, 41-819 Zabrze, Poland
- Correspondence:
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Li G, Luo W, Che Z, Pu Y, Deng P, Shi L, Ma H, Guan J. Lipophilic Magnetic Photonic Nanochains for Practical Anticounterfeiting. Small 2022; 18:e2200662. [PMID: 35460197 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Magnetic photonic crystals (PCs) possess attractive magnetic orientation, flexible pattern designability, and abundant angle-dependent colors, providing immense potential in anticounterfeiting field. However, all-solid magnetic PCs-based labels generally suffer from incompatibility with screen printing techniques, and inferior environmental endurance and mechanical properties. Herein, by developing a selective concentration polymerization method under magnetic field (H) in microheterogenous dimethyl sulfoxide-water binary solvents, individual tens-of-micrometer-length lipophilic magnetic photonic nanochains (PNCs) of full-width at half-maxima below 30 nm are fabricated, which, after simply dispersed in solvent-free cycloaliphatic epoxy resin, can be formulated as photonic inks to print robust anticounterfeiting labels through an H-assisted screen-printing technology. The as-printed labels possess vivid optically variable effects (OVEs) associated with the spatial distribution of H directionality, which are easy to identify by the naked eye but difficult to imitate and duplicate, while they show excellent environmental resistance and mechanical properties, promising practical applications in banknotes and high-grade commodities. The polymerization mechanism of the lipophilic PNCs is elucidated, and the OVEs are deciphered in numerical simulation. Besides an efficient way to build organic-inorganic hybrid nanostructures, the work provides advanced structural color pigments to achieve the practical application of magnetic PCs in such an anticounterfeiting field.
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- Gang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi road, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi road, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Fudan University, 220 Handan road, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi road, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi road, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Fudan University, 220 Handan road, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi road, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi road, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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Kuai D, Balbuena PB. Solvent Degradation and Polymerization in the Li-Metal Battery: Organic-Phase Formation in Solid-Electrolyte Interphases. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:2817-2824. [PMID: 34994191 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c20487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The products of solvent polymerization and degradation are crucial components of the Li-metal battery solid-electrolyte interphase. However, in-depth mechanistic studies of these reactions are still scarce. Here, we model the polymerization of common lithium battery electrolyte solvents─ethylene carbonate (EC) and vinylene carbonate (VC)─near the anode surface. Being consistent with the molecular calculation, ab initio molecular dynamic (AIMD) simulations reveal fast solvent decompositions upon contact with the Li anode. Additionally, we assessed the thermochemical impacts of decarboxylation reactions as well as the lithium bonding with reaction intermediates. In both EC and VC polymerization pathways, lithium bonding demonstrated profound catalytic effects while different degrees of decarboxylation were observed. The VC polymerization pathways with and without ring-opening events were evaluated systematically, and the latter one which leads to poly(VC) formation was proven to dominate the oligomerization process. Both the decomposition and polymerization reactivities of VC are found to be higher than EC, while the cross-coupling between EC and VC has an even lower-energy barrier. These findings are in good agreement with experimental evidence and explanatory toward the enhanced performance of VC-added lithium-metal batteries.
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- Dacheng Kuai
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Kuskov AN, Luss AL, Gritskova IA, Shtilman MI, Motyakin MV, Levina II, Nechaeva AM, Sizova OY, Tsatsakis AM, Mezhuev YO. Kinetics and Mechanism of Synthesis of Carboxyl-Containing N-Vinyl-2-Pyrrolidone Telehelics for Pharmacological Use. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13152569. [PMID: 34372172 PMCID: PMC8347008 DOI: 10.3390/polym13152569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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It was found that sulfanylethanoic and 3-sulfanylpropanoic acids are effective regulators of molecular weight with chain transfer constants of 0.441 and 0.317, respectively, and show an unexpected acceleration effect on the radical polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, initiated by 2,2’-azobisisobutyronitrile. It was determined for the first time that the thiolate anions of mercapto acids form a high-temperature redox initiating system with 2,2’-azobisisobutyronitrile during the radical polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in 1,4-dioxane. Considering the peculiarities of initiation, a kinetic model of the polymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone is proposed, and it is shown that the theoretical orders of the reaction rate, with respect to the monomer, initiator, and chain transfer agent, are 1, 0.75, 0.25, and are close to their experimentally determined values. Carboxyl-containing techelics of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone were synthesized so that it can slow down the release of the anticancer drug, doxorubicin, from aqueous solutions, which can find its application in the pharmacological field.
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- Andrey N. Kuskov
- Department of Biomaterials, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.L.); (M.I.S.); (A.M.N.); (O.Y.S.)
- Correspondence: (A.N.K.); (Y.O.M.)
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- Department of Biomaterials, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.L.); (M.I.S.); (A.M.N.); (O.Y.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Compounds, MIREA—Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA), 119454 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Biomaterials, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.L.); (M.I.S.); (A.M.N.); (O.Y.S.)
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (M.V.M.); (I.I.L.)
- Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; (M.V.M.); (I.I.L.)
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- Department of Biomaterials, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.L.); (M.I.S.); (A.M.N.); (O.Y.S.)
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- Department of Biomaterials, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.L.); (M.I.S.); (A.M.N.); (O.Y.S.)
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- Center of Toxicology Science & Research, Division of Morphology, Medical School, Voutes Campus, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece;
- Department of Analytical and Forensic Medical Toxicology, Sechenov University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biomaterials, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia; (A.L.L.); (M.I.S.); (A.M.N.); (O.Y.S.)
- Correspondence: (A.N.K.); (Y.O.M.)
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Casellas NM, Albertazzi L, Pujals S, Torres T, García-Iglesias M. Unveiling Polymerization Mechanism in pH-regulated Supramolecular Fibers in Aqueous Media. Chemistry 2021; 27:11056-11060. [PMID: 34096656 PMCID: PMC8456867 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An amine functionalized C3‐symmetric benzotrithiophene (BTT) monomer has been designed and synthetized in order to form pH responsive one‐dimensional supramolecular polymers in aqueous media. While most of the reported studies looked at the effect of pH on the size of the aggregates, herein, a detailed mechanistic study is reported, carried out upon modifying the pH to trigger the formation of positively charged ammonium groups. A dramatic and reversible change in the polymerization mechanism and size of the supramolecular fibers is observed and ascribed to the combination of Coulombic repulsive forces and higher monomer solubility. Furthermore, the induced frustrated growth of the fibers is further employed to finely control the one‐dimensional supramolecular polymerisation and copolymerization processes.
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- Nicolás M Casellas
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,IMDEA Nanociencia, c/ Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, 28049, Spain
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- Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine group Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Carrer Baldiri Reixac 15-21, 08024, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Biomedical Engineering and ICMS, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine group Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Carrer Baldiri Reixac 15-21, 08024, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,IMDEA Nanociencia, c/ Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, 28049, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Calle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain.,IMDEA Nanociencia, c/ Faraday 9, Cantoblanco, 28049, Spain.,QUIPRE Department, University of Cantabria, Avd. de Los Castros, 46, 39005, Santander, Spain
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Cheng W, Zeng X, Chen H, Li Z, Zeng W, Mei L, Zhao Y. Versatile Polydopamine Platforms: Synthesis and Promising Applications for Surface Modification and Advanced Nanomedicine. ACS Nano 2019; 13:8537-8565. [PMID: 31369230 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b04436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 451] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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As a mussel-inspired material, polydopamine (PDA), possesses many properties, such as a simple preparation process, good biocompatibility, strong adhesive property, easy functionalization, outstanding photothermal conversion efficiency, and strong quenching effect. PDA has attracted increasingly considerable attention because it provides a simple and versatile approach to functionalize material surfaces for obtaining a variety of multifunctional nanomaterials. In this review, recent significant research developments of PDA including its synthesis and polymerization mechanism, physicochemical properties, different nano/microstructures, and diverse applications are summarized and discussed. For the sections of its applications in surface modification and biomedicine, we mainly highlight the achievements in the past few years (2016-2019). The remaining challenges and future perspectives of PDA-based nanoplatforms are discussed rationally at the end. This timely and overall review should be desirable for a wide range of scientists and facilitate further development of surface coating methods and the production of PDA-based materials.
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- Wei Cheng
- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen) , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen) , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link , 637371 Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link , 637371 Singapore
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen) , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen) , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Shenzhen) , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510275 , China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link , 637371 Singapore
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue , 639798 Singapore
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Domiński A, Konieczny T, Zięba M, Klim M, Kurcok P. Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Sodium Phenoxides. The Effect of the Initiator Basicity/Nucleophilicity on the ROP Mechanism. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1221. [PMID: 31336650 DOI: 10.3390/polym11071221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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It was shown that selected sodium phenoxide derivatives with different basicity and nucleophilicity, such as sodium p-nitrophenoxide, p-chlorophenoxide, 1-napthoxide, phenoxide and p-methoxyphenoxide, are effective initiators in anionic ring-opening polymerization (AROP) of β-butyrolactone in mild conditions. It was found that phenoxides as initiators in anionic ring-opening polymerization of β-butyrolactone behave as strong nucleophiles, or weak nucleophiles, as well as Brønsted bases. The resulting polyesters possessing hydroxy, phenoxy and crotonate initial groups are formed respectively by the attack of phenoxide anion at (i) C2 followed by an elimination reaction with hydroxide formation, (ii) C4 and (iii) abstraction of acidic proton at C3. The obtained poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) possesses carboxylate growing species. The ratio of the observed initial groups strongly depends on the basicity and nucleophilicity of the sodium phenoxide derivative used as initiator. The proposed mechanism of this polymerization describes the reactions leading to formation of observed end groups. Moreover, the possibility of formation of a crotonate group during the propagation step of this polymerization is also discussed.
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Morita H, Van Beylen M. The Mechanism of the Propagation in the Anionic Polymerization of Polystyryllithium in Non-Polar Solvents Elucidated by Density Functional Theory Calculations. A Study of the Negligible Part Played by Dimeric Ion-Pairs under Usual Polymerization Conditions. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1022. [PMID: 31185631 DOI: 10.3390/polym11061022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The elementary processes occurring in the anionic polymerization of styrene with dimerically associated polystyryllithium (propagation during the anionic polymerization of dimeric polystyryllithium) in the gas phase and cyclohexane were studied using MX062X/6-31+G(d), a recently developed density functional theory (DFT) method and compared with the polymerization of styrene with non-associated polystyryllithium, which was described in a previous study. The most stable transition state in the reaction of styrene with dimeric polystyryllithium has a structure in which the side chains of styrene and the two chain end units of polystyryllithium are located in the same direction around the Li atom near the reactive site. The relative enthalpy for this transition state in cyclohexane is 28 kJ·mol−1, which is much lower than that for the reaction of non-associated polystyryllithium (51 kJ·mol−1). However, the relative free energy (which determines the rate constant) for the former is 93 kJ·mol−1, which is greater than that for the latter by 7 kJ·mol−1, indicating that the latter reaction (reaction with non-associated polystyryllithium) is advantageous over the former (reaction with dimeric polystyrylllithium). Their rates of reaction are also affected by initiator concentrations; in the case of reactions with low initiator concentrations, from which high molecular weight polymers are usually obtained, the rate of reaction corresponding to non-associated polystyryllithium is much larger than that corresponding to dimeric polystyryllithium.
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O'Neill KC, Lee YJ. Study of the cyanoacrylate fuming mechanism by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. J Mass Spectrom 2019; 54:222-226. [PMID: 30600868 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Despite cyanoacrylate fuming being widely used in the forensic science field, its mechanism is not well understood. In this study, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry is used to study latent fingerprints that have been cyanoacrylate fumed in an attempt to gain insight into the fuming mechanism. In the negative mode mass spectrometry data, four compounds related to the polymerization of cyanoacrylate are identified and their structures are determined from accurate mass and MS/MS. A mechanism is proposed for the formation of these compounds that are regarded as intermediates in the polymerization reaction. In addition, based on the fuming of standard endogenous compounds, we suggest that fatty acids and amino acids are the major catalytic nucleophiles that initiate the polymerization reactions.
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- Kelly C O'Neill
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011
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Danielson AP, Van-Kuren DB, Bornstein JP, Kozuszek CT, Berberich JA, Page RC, Konkolewicz D. Investigating the Mechanism of Horseradish Peroxidase as a RAFT-Initiase. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E741. [PMID: 30960666 PMCID: PMC6403633 DOI: 10.3390/polym10070741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A detailed mechanistic and kinetic study of enzymatically initiated RAFT polymerization is performed by combining enzymatic assays and polymerization kinetics analysis. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) initiated RAFT polymerization of dimethylacrylamide (DMAm) was studied. This polymerization was controlled by 2-(propionic acid)ylethyl trithiocarbonate (PAETC) in the presence of H₂O₂ as a substrate and acetylacetone (ACAC) as a mediator. In general, well controlled polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions and good agreement between theoretical and measured molecular weights are consistently obtained by this method. Kinetic and enzymatic assay analyses show that HRP loading accelerates the reaction, with a critical concentration of ACAC needed to effectively generate polymerization initiating radicals. The PAETC RAFT agent is required to control the reaction, although the RAFT agent also has an inhibitory effect on enzymatic performance and polymerization. Interestingly, although H₂O₂ is the substrate for HRP there is an optimal concentration near 1 mM, under the conditions studies, with higher or lower concentrations leading to lower polymerization rates and poorer enzymatic activity. This is explained through a competition between the H₂O₂ acting as a substrate, but also an inhibitor of HRP at high concentrations.
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- Alex P Danielson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University 651 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University 651 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University 651 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University 651 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Department of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering Miami University 650 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University 651 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Miami University 651 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
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Morita H, Van Beylen M. New Vistas on the Anionic Polymerization of Styrene in Non-Polar Solvents by Means of Density Functional Theory. Polymers (Basel) 2016; 8:polym8100371. [PMID: 30974649 DOI: 10.3390/polym8100371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The elementary processes of anionic styrene polymerization in the gas phase and in cyclohexane were studied using M062X (a recently developed density functional theory (DFT) method) combined with the 6-31+G(d) basis sets, in order to clarify the complicated phenomena caused by the association of the active chain-ends and elucidate the details of the polymerization mechanism. Three types of HSt₂Li (a model structure of polystyryllithium chain-ends) were obtained; the well-known first structure in which Li is coordinated to the side chain, the second structure in which Li is coordinated to the phenyl ring, (both without the penultimate unit coordination), and the third structure in which Li is coordinated to both the chain-end unit and the penultimate styrene unit. Although the third HSt₂Li is the most stable as expected, the free energy for the transition state of its reaction with styrene is higher than those for the other two transition states due to its steric hindrance. The free energy for the transition state of the reaction of the second HSt₂Li with styrene is the lowest, suggesting that the route through it is the predominant reaction path. The penultimate unit effect, slower addition of styrene to HSt₂Li than to HStLi, is attributed to coordination of the penultimate styrene units of the polystyryllithium dimer (one of the starting materials) to its Li atoms. The calculated enthalpy for the reaction barrier of the second HSt₂Li with styrene in cyclohexane was found to agree with the observed apparent activation energy in benzene.
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- Hideo Morita
- Honorary consultant for Synthetic Rubber Division, Asahi Kasei Corp., Torigaoka 50-5, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0001, Japan.
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- Professor Emeritus, Laboratory of Macromolecular and Physical Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Heverlee (Leuven) B-3001, Belgium.
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