scholarly journals Diblock/Triblock Structural Transition and Sol-Gel Transition of Peptide/PEG Diblock Copolymer Having a Terminal Terpyridine Group Induced by Complexation with Metal Ion

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Tanimoto ◽  
Yasushi Nakamura ◽  
Hitoshi Yamaoka ◽  
Yoshitsugu Hirokawa

Terpyridine-polyethyleneglycol-block-polyleucine block copolymer (tpy-PEG-PLeu) was synthesized by a ring-opening polymerization of L-leucine -carboxyanhydride. The copolymer complexed with ion and its aqueous solution showed a purple color as a result of the complexation. This complexation caused the diblock/triblock structural transition of the copolymer. The change of the aggregation behavior caused by the structural transition was observed by a dynamic light scattering apparatus. The diblock tpy-PEG-PLeu copolymer formed a micelle in the aqueous solution. On the other hand, the triblock-type copolymer, after the complexation, formed the micelle structures and huge aggregates, which is considered to be a network structure. The complexation of the diblock tpy-PEG-PLeu copolymer with Fe ion is consequently considered to be a trigger of the gelation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 245 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuji Yamamoto ◽  
Takashi Yoshida ◽  
Tetsuo Suzuki ◽  
Shin R. Mukai ◽  
Hajime Tamon




1984 ◽  
Vol 40 (4-5) ◽  
pp. T158-T160
Author(s):  
Motoko Komatsu ◽  
Takashi Inoue ◽  
Keizo Miyasaka


1988 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Q. Wu ◽  
Benjamin Chu

AbstractStructural and dynamical properties of an aqueous gelatin solution (5 wt%, 0.1M NaCi, pH=7) in a sol-gel transition were studied by time-resolved small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) after quenching the gelatin sol at ∼45”C to 11°C. SAXS intensity measurements suggested the presence of gel fibrils which grew initially in cross-section. The average cross-section of the gel fibrils reached a constant value after an initial growth period of ∼800 sec. Further increase in SAXS intensity could be attributed to the increase in the length of the gel fibrils. Photon correlation, on the other hand, clearly showed two relaxation modes in both the sol and the gel (∼1 hr after the quenching process) states: a fast cooperative diffusion mode which remained constant from the sol to the gel state after correction for the temperature dependence of solvent viscosity; and a slow mode that could be attributed to the self-diffusion of the “free” gelatin chains and aggregates. The slow mode contribution to the time correlation function was reduced from ∼40% in sol to ∼20% in gel signaling a decrease but not the elimination of “free” particles in the gel network. The decrease in the intensity contribution by the slow mode is, however, accompanied by a large increase in the characteristic line-width distribution.





2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Song ◽  
D. S. Lee ◽  
J. H. Ahn ◽  
D. J. Kim ◽  
S. C. Kim


1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (26) ◽  
pp. 6839-6842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqi Fang ◽  
Wyn Brown ◽  
Cestmir Konak


2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 888-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Jeong Lee ◽  
Bo Ryeong Han ◽  
Sang Yeob Park ◽  
Dong Keun Han ◽  
Sung Chul Kim




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