Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (8): 1896.

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Construct of Nano Micelles Based on Miktoarm Star Copolymer with a Cyclodextrin Core and Their Inclusion Properties

MU Cheng-Guang, FAN Xiao-Dong*, TIAN Wei*, BAI Yang, NAN Jiang-Kun, MA Tuo-Mei, YANG Guang   

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an  710129, China
  • Received:2010-09-13 Revised:2010-11-13 Online:2011-08-10 Published:2011-07-19
  • Contact: FAN Xiao-Dong;TIAN Wei E-mail:xfand@126.com;happytw_3000@163.com
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(批准号: 21004049)、陕西省自然科学基础研究计划项目(批准号: 2010JQ2002)和西北工业大学基础研究基金(批准号: JC200920)资助.

Abstract: A star-shaped polymer, MPEG-CD-PNIPAMx, which possesses the lower critical solution temperature (LCST), was designed and synthesised. MPEG-CD-PNIPAMx was composed of a β-cyclodextrin(β-CD) moiety as the core,one Methoxypolyethylene glycol (MPEG) chain and 2~4 poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) chains as double hydrophilic arms. The structure of MPEG-CD-PNIPAMx was characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution were measured by size exclusion chromatography/multi-angle laser light scattering(SEC/MALLS) technology. The number of PNIPAM arm was determined by integrating the peaks of 1H NMR spectrum. When the temperature of aqueous solution of MPEG-CD-PNIPAMx raises over the LCST, the star shaped molecule becomes amphiphilic, and then self-assemble into micelles with PNIPAM as the core layer, β-CD and MPEG as the shell layer. The fluorescence spectroscopy of MPEG-CD-PNIPAMx and its micelles in pyrene aqueous solution revealed that the micells can include hydrophobic guest molecule at two sites: the cavity of β-CD and the hydrophobic core of the micelle.

Key words: Cyclodextrin, Polyethylene glycol, Miktoarm star copolymer, Nano micell, Inclusion property

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