Title
Aging process of polyamidoamine dendrimers: Effect of pH and shaking in the fluorescence emission and aggregation-state
Date Issued
05 August 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
In the last years, it has been discovered and intensely studied the non-traditional intrinsic luminescence of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers. Nevertheless, their aging process in aqueous suspension is scarcely studied, being unknown the causes of the changes in their luminescence properties. Hence, this work aims to characterize the amine-terminated (DG4.0) and carboxylic acid-terminated (DG4.5) PAMAM dendrimers of generations 4.0 and 4.5, respectively, through the aging process at three different pH conditions, stored with or without shaking. The UV–Vis absorption, the fluorescence emission, and the dendrimer-size distribution are studied for up to 16 days. In a different way than the already published works, this work demonstrates that there is no chemical change in dendrimers through the aging process, even though changes in fluorescence emission are observed. Besides, the changes in the agglomeration patterns of dendrimers are not related to the change in the fluorescence emission through aging. Moreover, large aggregates of DG4.5 are present in water and need to be disrupted by shaking before an in vivo administration.
Volume
138
Issue
29
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85102598900
Source
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ISSN of the container
00218995
Source funding
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Sponsor(s)
Daniela E. Igartúa is grateful for the PhD and postdoctoral fellowships granted by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). David E. Ybarra is grateful for the student‐fellowships granted by the Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional (CIN) and a PhD fellowship granted by CONICET. Fernando C. Alvira, Dario M. Cabezas and Silvia del V. Alonso are members of the Scientific Research Program from the CONICET. This work was supported by Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (PUNQ 1388/15 1076/15 1311/19) and CONICET.
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