Issue 2, 2020

Preparation of metallosupramolecular single-chain polymeric nanoparticles and their characterization by Taylor dispersion

Abstract

Intramolecular cross-linking of polymers can furnish single-chain polymeric nanoparticles (SCPNs), and the use of reversible non-covalent bonds for cross-linking can potentially provide such nanoparticles with stimuli-responsive properties. Here, we report the synthesis of acrylic polymers that carry pendant 2,6-bis(1′-methyl-benzimidazolyl)pyridine ligands, and use these for the preparation of SCPNs through the complex formation with different types of metal ions. The addition of the polymer to solutions containing Fe2+, Zn2+, or Eu3+ ions at low concentrations reliably furnishes the metal–ligand complexes. In order to demonstrate the formation of single-chain polymeric nanoparticles, conventional characterization techniques were complemented by Taylor dispersion analysis, which proved to be particularly useful to accurately measure the hydrodynamic radii of the dispersed particles, in spite of the formation of a small fraction of larger aggregates.

Graphical abstract: Preparation of metallosupramolecular single-chain polymeric nanoparticles and their characterization by Taylor dispersion

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 ago 2019
Accepted
05 nov 2019
First published
19 nov 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 586-592

Preparation of metallosupramolecular single-chain polymeric nanoparticles and their characterization by Taylor dispersion

L. N. Neumann, D. A. Urban, P. Lemal, S. Ramani, A. Petri-Fink, S. Balog, C. Weder and S. Schrettl, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 586 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01264H

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