TY - JOUR
T1 - Chitosan-graft-poly(methyl methacrylate) amphiphilic nanoparticles: Self-association and physicochemical characterization
T2 - Self-association and physicochemical characterization
AU - Schlachet, Inbar
AU - Trousil, Jiri
AU - Rak, Dmytro
AU - Knudsen, Kenneth D.
AU - Pavlova, Ewa
AU - Nystrom, Bo
AU - Sosnik, Alejandro
AU - Trousil, Jiří
AU - Nyström, Bo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/5/15
Y1 - 2019/5/15
N2 - In this work, we synthesized and characterized the self-assembly behavior of a chitosan-poly(methyl methacrylate) graft copolymer and the properties of the formed nanoparticles by static and dynamic light scattering, small-angle neutron scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. Overall, our results indicate that the hydrophobization of the chitosan side-chain with PMMA leads to a complex array of small unimolecular and/or small-aggregation number “building blocks” that further self-assemble into larger amphiphilic nanoparticles.
AB - In this work, we synthesized and characterized the self-assembly behavior of a chitosan-poly(methyl methacrylate) graft copolymer and the properties of the formed nanoparticles by static and dynamic light scattering, small-angle neutron scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. Overall, our results indicate that the hydrophobization of the chitosan side-chain with PMMA leads to a complex array of small unimolecular and/or small-aggregation number “building blocks” that further self-assemble into larger amphiphilic nanoparticles.
KW - Chitosan-graft-poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymers
KW - Self-assembly
KW - Amphiphilic polymeric nanoparticles
KW - Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS)
KW - Static light scattering (SLS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.02.022
DO - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.02.022
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SN - 0144-8617
VL - 212
SP - 412
EP - 420
JO - Carbohydrate Polymers
JF - Carbohydrate Polymers
ER -