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Self-assembly and dis-assembly of stimuli responsive tadpole-like single chain nanoparticles using a switchable hydrophilic/hydrophobic boronic acid cross-linker
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Zhang, Junliang, Tanaka, Joji, Gurnani, Pratik, Wilson, Paul, Hartlieb, Matthias and Perrier, Sébastien (2017) Self-assembly and dis-assembly of stimuli responsive tadpole-like single chain nanoparticles using a switchable hydrophilic/hydrophobic boronic acid cross-linker. Polymer Chemistry, 28 (8). pp. 4079-4087. doi:DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00828G
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7PY00828G
Abstract
Living systems are driven by molecular machines that are composed of folded polypeptide chains, which are assembled together to form multimeric complexes. Although replicating this type of system is a longstanding goal in polymer science, the complexity the structures impose is synthetically very challenging, and generating synthetic polymers to mimic the process of these assemblies appears to be a more appealing approach. To this end, we report a linear polymer programmable for stepwise folding and assembly to higher order structures. To achieve this, a diblock copolymer composed of 4-acryloylmorpholine and glycerol acrylate was synthesised with high precision via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerisation (Đ < 1.22). Both intramolecular folding and intermolecular assembly were driven by a pH responsive cross-linker, benzene-1,4-diboronic acid. The resulting intramolecular folded single chain nanoparticles were well defined (Đ < 1.16) and successfully assembled into a multimeric structure (Dh = 245 nm) at neutral pH with no chain entanglement. The assembled multimer was observed with a spherical morphology as confirmed by TEM and AFM. These structures were capable of unfolding and disassembling either at low pH or in the presence of sugar. This work offers a new perspective for the generation of adaptive smart materials.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Polymer Chemistry | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1759-9954 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 6 June 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 28 | ||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 4079-4087 | ||||||||
| DOI: | DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00828G | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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