In this work, the plasmonic Ag/Ag3PO4/chitosan(Ag/Ag3PO4/CS) composite photocatalyst was prepared by a low-temperature strategy. Environmentally friendly CS plays triple vital roles in this composite. First, it was de...In this work, the plasmonic Ag/Ag3PO4/chitosan(Ag/Ag3PO4/CS) composite photocatalyst was prepared by a low-temperature strategy. Environmentally friendly CS plays triple vital roles in this composite. First, it was devoted to in situ reducing metallic silver from silver ions of Ag3PO4. Also, as the carrier of Ag/Ag3PO4 nanoparticles,CS can effectively prevent aggregation. Furthermore, benefitting from the settlement of hydrophilic CS, the prepared composite could be easily separated and recovered from the solution system. X-ray diffraction(XRD), the scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS), ultraviolet-visible(UV-vis) diffused reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) were employed to characterize the properties of materials. The results of photo-decomposition testing showed that the Ag/Ag3PO4/CS composite possessed good activity for the decomposition of Rhodamine B(Rh B) under visible light.展开更多
ZnO nanocone arrays(NCAs)decorated with black TiO2 nanoparticles(BTiO2 NPs)were uniformly anchored on the surface of carbon cloth(CC)directly by a simply electrochemical deposition method.Thus a novel B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO N...ZnO nanocone arrays(NCAs)decorated with black TiO2 nanoparticles(BTiO2 NPs)were uniformly anchored on the surface of carbon cloth(CC)directly by a simply electrochemical deposition method.Thus a novel B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO NCAs-CC hierarchical heterostructure was formed.It displayed superior performance and achieved a higher photocurrent over 0.4 mA·cm^-2 before the onset of the dark current,attributed to the separation of the photogenerated electron-hole pair.Based on the B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO NCAs-CC heterostructure,the catalyst was fabricated for promoting the separation of charge carriers.Moreover,the introduction of Ti^3+ and oxygen vacancies on the surface of TiO2 NPs expanded the absorption band edge and enhanced the electrical conductivity as well as the charge transportation on the catalytic surface.It indicates that the B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO NCAs-CC composite is beneficial to the improvement of the photoelectrochemical(PEC)activity.展开更多
A polyacrylic acid(PAA)/gelatin(Gela)/polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)hydrogel was prepared by copolymerization,cooling,and freezing/thawing methods.This triplenetwork(TN)structure hydrogel displayed superior mechanical propert...A polyacrylic acid(PAA)/gelatin(Gela)/polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)hydrogel was prepared by copolymerization,cooling,and freezing/thawing methods.This triplenetwork(TN)structure hydrogel displayed superior mechanical properties,low swelling ratio and self-healing properties,The superior mechanical properties are attributed to the triple helix association of Gela and PVA crystallites by reversible hydrogen bonding.The characterization results indicated that the fracture stress and the strain were 808 kPa and 370% respectively,while the compression strength could reach 4443 kPa and the compressive modulus was up to 39 MPa under the deformation of 90%.The hydrogen bonding in PVA contributed to maintain and improve the self-healing ability of hydrogels.Every type of hydrogels exhibited a higher swelling ratio under alkaline conditions,and the swelling ratios of PAA,PAA/PVA and PAA/Gela hydrogels were 27.71,12.30 and 9.09,respectively.The PAA/Gela/PVA TN hydrogel showed the lowest swelling ratio(6.57)among these hydrogels.These results indicate that the novel TN hydrogels possess good environmental adaptability and have potential applications in the biomedical engineering and sensor field.展开更多
A novel Ag/AgCl/chitosan composite photocatalyst was successfully prepared by a simple one-step method. During this progress, environmentally benign chitosan not only served as reductant to reduce Ag+ to Ag0 species,...A novel Ag/AgCl/chitosan composite photocatalyst was successfully prepared by a simple one-step method. During this progress, environmentally benign chitosan not only served as reductant to reduce Ag+ to Ag0 species, but also acted as supporter for Ag/AgCI nanoparticles. XRD, SEM, EDX, UV-vis DRS and XPS were employed to characterize the as-prepared simples. SEM images of Ag/AgCI/chitosan composites revealed that Ag/AgCI nanoparticles were successfully loaded onto chitosan without obvious aggregation. All Ag/AgCI/chitosan composites exhibited efficient photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation. The result of photocatalytic degradation experiment indicated that 20% of the mass ratio of AgCI to chitosan was the optimum, and after 40 min photocatalytic reaction, the degradation rate reached about 96%.展开更多
We fabricated pH and light dual-responsive adsorption materials which could induce the transition of surface wettability between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity by using ATRPo The structure and morphology of adsorpt...We fabricated pH and light dual-responsive adsorption materials which could induce the transition of surface wettability between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity by using ATRPo The structure and morphology of adsorption materials were confirmed by ATR-FTIR, XPS, TGA and SEM. It showed that the modified cellulose (CE)- based foam was hydrophobic, which can adsorb a range of oils and organic solvents in water under pH = 7.0 or visible light irradiation (λ〉500 nm). Meanwhile, the wettability of robust CE-based foam can convert hydrophobicity into hydrophilicity and underwater oleophobicity under pH = 3.0 or UV irradiation (λ = 365 nm), giving rise to release oils and organic solvents. Most important of all, the adsorption and desorption processes of the modified CE-based foam could be switched by external stimuli. Furthermore, the modified CE-based foam was not damaged and still retained original performance after reversible cycle repeated for many times with variation of surface wettability. In short, it indicates that CE-based foam materials with switchable surface wettability are new responsive absorbent materials and have owned potential application in the treatment of oil recovery.展开更多
Phenolic-metal complexation coatings have been discovered to be a universal route for the deposition of multifunctional coatings. However, most complexation coatings have been prepared by the immersion method, which l...Phenolic-metal complexation coatings have been discovered to be a universal route for the deposition of multifunctional coatings. However, most complexation coatings have been prepared by the immersion method, which limits their practical large-scale application. Herein, we describe a facile and green engineering strategy that involves spraying phenolic compound and metal ions on substrate to form in-situ complexation coating with different coordination states. The coating is formed within minutes and it can be achieved in large scale by the spray method. The pyrogallol-Fem complexation coating is prepared at pH 7.5, which consists predominantly of biscoordination complexation with a small amount of tris-coordination complexation. It displays that the water contact angle is near zero due to the generation of rough hierarchical structures and massive hydroxyl groups. The superhydrophilic cotton resulting from the deposition of the pyrogallol-Fe^Ⅲ complexation can separate oil/water mixtures and surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions with high separation efficiency. The formation of the phenolic-metal complexation coating by using spray technique constitutes a cost-effective and environmentally friendly, strategy with potential to be applied for large-scale surface engineering processes and green oil/water separation.展开更多
Well-defined pH-responsive poly(e-caprolactone)-graft-β-cyclodextrin-graft-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl- methacrylate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate amphiphilic copolymers (PCL-g-β-CD-g-P(DMAEMA-co-...Well-defined pH-responsive poly(e-caprolactone)-graft-β-cyclodextrin-graft-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl- methacrylate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate amphiphilic copolymers (PCL-g-β-CD-g-P(DMAEMA-co-PEGMA)) were synthesized using a combination of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), ring opening polymerization (ROP) and "click" chemistry. Successful synthesis of polymers was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (^1H-NMR), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Then, the polymers could self- assemble into micelles in aqueous solution, which was demonstrated by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The pH-responsive self-assembly behavior of these copolymers in water was investigated at different pH values of 7.4 and 5.0 for controlled doxorubicin (DOX) release, and these results revealed that the release rate of DOX could be effectively controlled by altering the pH, and the release of drug loading efficiency (DLE) was up to 88% (W/W). CCK-8 assays showed that the copolymers had low toxicity and possessed good biodegradability and biocompatibility, whereas the DOX-loaded micelles remained with high cytotoxicity for HeLa cells. Moreover, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images revealed that polymeric micelles could actively target the tumor site and the efficient intracellular DOX release from polymeric micelles toward the tumor cells further confirmed the anti-tumor effect. The DOX-loaded micelles could easily enter the cells and produce the desired pharmacological action and minimize the side effect of free DOX. These results successfully indicated that pH-responsive polymeric micelles could be potential hydrophobic drug delivery carriers for cancer targeting therapy with sustained release.展开更多
铂(Pt)基材料是酸性电解质中析氢反应活性最高、稳定性最强的电催化剂;但是它的低丰度以及昂贵的价格限制了其在质子交换膜电解水(PEMWE)技术中的应用.因此,最小化Pt的使用量并且保持其高活性成为研究热点.在本文中我们利用低温抑制成...铂(Pt)基材料是酸性电解质中析氢反应活性最高、稳定性最强的电催化剂;但是它的低丰度以及昂贵的价格限制了其在质子交换膜电解水(PEMWE)技术中的应用.因此,最小化Pt的使用量并且保持其高活性成为研究热点.在本文中我们利用低温抑制成核反应冷冻干燥合成法,促使Pt组分高度分散地锚定在富含缺陷的W_(18)O_(49)纳米线上(Pt-W_(18)O_(49)),进而实现了酸性电解质中高效稳定的析氢过程.第一性原理计算证明了Pt组分与W_(18)O_(49)载体之间的强电荷相互作用可以提升析氢性能.Pt-W_(18)O_(49)催化剂中Pt用量仅为商业化20 wt%Pt/C催化剂的1/10,该催化剂在0.5 mol L^(−1)H_(2)SO_(4)电解质中达到100和1000 mA cm^(−2)电流密度时的过电位分别为116和743 mV,超过了商业化的Pt/C催化剂.该催化剂可以在500 mA cm^(−2)的高电流密度条件下持续析氢超过38 h,没有明显的性能衰减.本工作为PEMWE技术的实际应用中降低Pt用量却保持高活性开创了新的研究思路.展开更多
A novel β-cyclodextrin-poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate)-co- poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (abbreviated as: β-CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21) was prepared by using the one-step strategy, and t...A novel β-cyclodextrin-poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate)-co- poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (abbreviated as: β-CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21) was prepared by using the one-step strategy, and then the star-shaped copolymers were used in the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The structure of star-shaped β- CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 copolymers were studied by FTIR, 1H NMR and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The star-shaped copolymers could self-assembled into micelles in aqueous solution owing to the outer amphiphilic β-CD as a core and the hydrophilic P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA) segments as a shell. These thermo-responsive starshaped copolymers micelles exhibited lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water, which could be finely tuned by changing the feed ratio of MEO2MA to PEGMA. The LCST of star-shaped β-CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 copolymer micelles were increased from 35℃ to 58℃ with the increasing content of PEGMA. The results were investigated by DLS and TEM. When the temperature was higher than corresponding LCSTs, the micelles started to associate and form spherical nanoparticles. Therefore, β- CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 star-shaped copolymer micelles could be potentially applied in nano-carrier, nano-reactor, smart materials and biomedical fields.展开更多
A novel type of amphiphilic pH-responsive folate-poly(ε-caprolactone)- block-poly( 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate )-co-poly( 2-( dimethylamino )-ethylmethacrylate ) (FA-PCL-b-P(HEMA-co-DMAEMA)) (MFP) block ...A novel type of amphiphilic pH-responsive folate-poly(ε-caprolactone)- block-poly( 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate )-co-poly( 2-( dimethylamino )-ethylmethacrylate ) (FA-PCL-b-P(HEMA-co-DMAEMA)) (MFP) block copolymers were designed and synthe- sized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and ring opening polymerization (ROP) techniques. The molecular structures of the copolymers were confirmed with IH NMR, FTIR and GPC measurements. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of MFP in aqueous solution was extremely low (about 6.54 mglL). The in vitro release behavior of DOX-Ioaded micelles was significantly accelerated when the pH value of solution decreased from 7.4 to 5.0. In vitro antitumor efficiency was evaluated by incubating DOX- loaded micelles with Hela cells. The results demonstrated that this copolymer possessed excellent biocompatibility, and FA-decorated micelles MFP showed higher cellular uptake than those micelles without the FA moiety, indicating their unique targetability. These folate-conjugated biodegradable micelles are highly promising for targeted cancer chemothe-rapy.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No.21367022,No.51662036,and No.21866028Bingtuan Innovation Team in Key Areas under Grant No.2015BD003。
文摘In this work, the plasmonic Ag/Ag3PO4/chitosan(Ag/Ag3PO4/CS) composite photocatalyst was prepared by a low-temperature strategy. Environmentally friendly CS plays triple vital roles in this composite. First, it was devoted to in situ reducing metallic silver from silver ions of Ag3PO4. Also, as the carrier of Ag/Ag3PO4 nanoparticles,CS can effectively prevent aggregation. Furthermore, benefitting from the settlement of hydrophilic CS, the prepared composite could be easily separated and recovered from the solution system. X-ray diffraction(XRD), the scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS), ultraviolet-visible(UV-vis) diffused reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) were employed to characterize the properties of materials. The results of photo-decomposition testing showed that the Ag/Ag3PO4/CS composite possessed good activity for the decomposition of Rhodamine B(Rh B) under visible light.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51662036 and 61704114)the Open Foundation of Engineering Research Center of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bintuan(2016BTRC005)the Graduate Student Scientific Research Innovation Projects in Xinjiang Autonomous Region,China(XJGRI2017046).
文摘ZnO nanocone arrays(NCAs)decorated with black TiO2 nanoparticles(BTiO2 NPs)were uniformly anchored on the surface of carbon cloth(CC)directly by a simply electrochemical deposition method.Thus a novel B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO NCAs-CC hierarchical heterostructure was formed.It displayed superior performance and achieved a higher photocurrent over 0.4 mA·cm^-2 before the onset of the dark current,attributed to the separation of the photogenerated electron-hole pair.Based on the B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO NCAs-CC heterostructure,the catalyst was fabricated for promoting the separation of charge carriers.Moreover,the introduction of Ti^3+ and oxygen vacancies on the surface of TiO2 NPs expanded the absorption band edge and enhanced the electrical conductivity as well as the charge transportation on the catalytic surface.It indicates that the B-TiO2 NPs/ZnO NCAs-CC composite is beneficial to the improvement of the photoelectrochemical(PEC)activity.
基金funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51662036 and 21467024)the Graduate Student Scientific Research Innovation Projects in Xinjiang Autonomous Region,China(XJGRI2017046).
文摘A polyacrylic acid(PAA)/gelatin(Gela)/polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)hydrogel was prepared by copolymerization,cooling,and freezing/thawing methods.This triplenetwork(TN)structure hydrogel displayed superior mechanical properties,low swelling ratio and self-healing properties,The superior mechanical properties are attributed to the triple helix association of Gela and PVA crystallites by reversible hydrogen bonding.The characterization results indicated that the fracture stress and the strain were 808 kPa and 370% respectively,while the compression strength could reach 4443 kPa and the compressive modulus was up to 39 MPa under the deformation of 90%.The hydrogen bonding in PVA contributed to maintain and improve the self-healing ability of hydrogels.Every type of hydrogels exhibited a higher swelling ratio under alkaline conditions,and the swelling ratios of PAA,PAA/PVA and PAA/Gela hydrogels were 27.71,12.30 and 9.09,respectively.The PAA/Gela/PVA TN hydrogel showed the lowest swelling ratio(6.57)among these hydrogels.These results indicate that the novel TN hydrogels possess good environmental adaptability and have potential applications in the biomedical engineering and sensor field.
文摘A novel Ag/AgCl/chitosan composite photocatalyst was successfully prepared by a simple one-step method. During this progress, environmentally benign chitosan not only served as reductant to reduce Ag+ to Ag0 species, but also acted as supporter for Ag/AgCI nanoparticles. XRD, SEM, EDX, UV-vis DRS and XPS were employed to characterize the as-prepared simples. SEM images of Ag/AgCI/chitosan composites revealed that Ag/AgCI nanoparticles were successfully loaded onto chitosan without obvious aggregation. All Ag/AgCI/chitosan composites exhibited efficient photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation. The result of photocatalytic degradation experiment indicated that 20% of the mass ratio of AgCI to chitosan was the optimum, and after 40 min photocatalytic reaction, the degradation rate reached about 96%.
基金This work was supported financially by funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21367022 and 51662036) and the Bingtuan Innovation Team in Key Areas (2015BD003).
文摘We fabricated pH and light dual-responsive adsorption materials which could induce the transition of surface wettability between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity by using ATRPo The structure and morphology of adsorption materials were confirmed by ATR-FTIR, XPS, TGA and SEM. It showed that the modified cellulose (CE)- based foam was hydrophobic, which can adsorb a range of oils and organic solvents in water under pH = 7.0 or visible light irradiation (λ〉500 nm). Meanwhile, the wettability of robust CE-based foam can convert hydrophobicity into hydrophilicity and underwater oleophobicity under pH = 3.0 or UV irradiation (λ = 365 nm), giving rise to release oils and organic solvents. Most important of all, the adsorption and desorption processes of the modified CE-based foam could be switched by external stimuli. Furthermore, the modified CE-based foam was not damaged and still retained original performance after reversible cycle repeated for many times with variation of surface wettability. In short, it indicates that CE-based foam materials with switchable surface wettability are new responsive absorbent materials and have owned potential application in the treatment of oil recovery.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1703351 and 51663021)the Bingtuan Excellent Young Scholars (CZ027205).
文摘Phenolic-metal complexation coatings have been discovered to be a universal route for the deposition of multifunctional coatings. However, most complexation coatings have been prepared by the immersion method, which limits their practical large-scale application. Herein, we describe a facile and green engineering strategy that involves spraying phenolic compound and metal ions on substrate to form in-situ complexation coating with different coordination states. The coating is formed within minutes and it can be achieved in large scale by the spray method. The pyrogallol-Fem complexation coating is prepared at pH 7.5, which consists predominantly of biscoordination complexation with a small amount of tris-coordination complexation. It displays that the water contact angle is near zero due to the generation of rough hierarchical structures and massive hydroxyl groups. The superhydrophilic cotton resulting from the deposition of the pyrogallol-Fe^Ⅲ complexation can separate oil/water mixtures and surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions with high separation efficiency. The formation of the phenolic-metal complexation coating by using spray technique constitutes a cost-effective and environmentally friendly, strategy with potential to be applied for large-scale surface engineering processes and green oil/water separation.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21367022)Bingtuan Innovation Team in Key Areas(No.2015BD003)
文摘Well-defined pH-responsive poly(e-caprolactone)-graft-β-cyclodextrin-graft-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl- methacrylate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate amphiphilic copolymers (PCL-g-β-CD-g-P(DMAEMA-co-PEGMA)) were synthesized using a combination of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), ring opening polymerization (ROP) and "click" chemistry. Successful synthesis of polymers was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (^1H-NMR), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Then, the polymers could self- assemble into micelles in aqueous solution, which was demonstrated by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The pH-responsive self-assembly behavior of these copolymers in water was investigated at different pH values of 7.4 and 5.0 for controlled doxorubicin (DOX) release, and these results revealed that the release rate of DOX could be effectively controlled by altering the pH, and the release of drug loading efficiency (DLE) was up to 88% (W/W). CCK-8 assays showed that the copolymers had low toxicity and possessed good biodegradability and biocompatibility, whereas the DOX-loaded micelles remained with high cytotoxicity for HeLa cells. Moreover, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images revealed that polymeric micelles could actively target the tumor site and the efficient intracellular DOX release from polymeric micelles toward the tumor cells further confirmed the anti-tumor effect. The DOX-loaded micelles could easily enter the cells and produce the desired pharmacological action and minimize the side effect of free DOX. These results successfully indicated that pH-responsive polymeric micelles could be potential hydrophobic drug delivery carriers for cancer targeting therapy with sustained release.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21866028)the Development and Innovation Program of Bingtuan(2012QY13)+1 种基金the Program of Science and Technology Innovation Team in Bingtuan(2020CB006)the Achievement Transformation and Technique Popularization Project of Shihezi University(CGZH201910).
文摘铂(Pt)基材料是酸性电解质中析氢反应活性最高、稳定性最强的电催化剂;但是它的低丰度以及昂贵的价格限制了其在质子交换膜电解水(PEMWE)技术中的应用.因此,最小化Pt的使用量并且保持其高活性成为研究热点.在本文中我们利用低温抑制成核反应冷冻干燥合成法,促使Pt组分高度分散地锚定在富含缺陷的W_(18)O_(49)纳米线上(Pt-W_(18)O_(49)),进而实现了酸性电解质中高效稳定的析氢过程.第一性原理计算证明了Pt组分与W_(18)O_(49)载体之间的强电荷相互作用可以提升析氢性能.Pt-W_(18)O_(49)催化剂中Pt用量仅为商业化20 wt%Pt/C催化剂的1/10,该催化剂在0.5 mol L^(−1)H_(2)SO_(4)电解质中达到100和1000 mA cm^(−2)电流密度时的过电位分别为116和743 mV,超过了商业化的Pt/C催化剂.该催化剂可以在500 mA cm^(−2)的高电流密度条件下持续析氢超过38 h,没有明显的性能衰减.本工作为PEMWE技术的实际应用中降低Pt用量却保持高活性开创了新的研究思路.
基金Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51662036) and the Bingtuan Innovation Team in Key Areas (2015BD003).
文摘A novel β-cyclodextrin-poly(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate)-co- poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (abbreviated as: β-CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21) was prepared by using the one-step strategy, and then the star-shaped copolymers were used in the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The structure of star-shaped β- CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 copolymers were studied by FTIR, 1H NMR and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The star-shaped copolymers could self-assembled into micelles in aqueous solution owing to the outer amphiphilic β-CD as a core and the hydrophilic P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA) segments as a shell. These thermo-responsive starshaped copolymers micelles exhibited lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water, which could be finely tuned by changing the feed ratio of MEO2MA to PEGMA. The LCST of star-shaped β-CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 copolymer micelles were increased from 35℃ to 58℃ with the increasing content of PEGMA. The results were investigated by DLS and TEM. When the temperature was higher than corresponding LCSTs, the micelles started to associate and form spherical nanoparticles. Therefore, β- CD-(P(MEO2MA-co-PEGMA))21 star-shaped copolymer micelles could be potentially applied in nano-carrier, nano-reactor, smart materials and biomedical fields.
基金This work was supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21367022, 51662036 and 21664013) and the Bingtuan Innovation Team in Key Areas (2015BD003).
文摘A novel type of amphiphilic pH-responsive folate-poly(ε-caprolactone)- block-poly( 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate )-co-poly( 2-( dimethylamino )-ethylmethacrylate ) (FA-PCL-b-P(HEMA-co-DMAEMA)) (MFP) block copolymers were designed and synthe- sized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and ring opening polymerization (ROP) techniques. The molecular structures of the copolymers were confirmed with IH NMR, FTIR and GPC measurements. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of MFP in aqueous solution was extremely low (about 6.54 mglL). The in vitro release behavior of DOX-Ioaded micelles was significantly accelerated when the pH value of solution decreased from 7.4 to 5.0. In vitro antitumor efficiency was evaluated by incubating DOX- loaded micelles with Hela cells. The results demonstrated that this copolymer possessed excellent biocompatibility, and FA-decorated micelles MFP showed higher cellular uptake than those micelles without the FA moiety, indicating their unique targetability. These folate-conjugated biodegradable micelles are highly promising for targeted cancer chemothe-rapy.