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Hyperbranched polyethylenimine–based polymeric nanoparticles: synthesis, properties, and an application in selective response to copper ion
- Source :
- Colloid and Polymer Science. 299:1577-1586
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Hyperbranched polyethylenimines (hPEIs) have diverse biological applications; however, the intrinsic toxicity is a major concern in developing hPEI-based biomaterials. This work reports the synthesis, properties, and an application as a biocompatible hPEI-based material, namely, fluorescent oxidized hPEI polymeric nanoparticles (F-ohPEIs). The synthesis was achieved through oxidation of hPEI with H2O2 and subsequent cross-linking with formaldehyde, imparting to F-ohPEIs’ desired properties such as remarkably reduced positive charge density, hydrolytic degradability, low cytotoxicity, strong fluorescence emission, and stability. Furthermore, as an application, F-ohPEI demonstrated the ability to selectively respond to cupric ion in a wide concentration range of 0.02 ~ 10 μM with a low limit of detection of 0.013 μM. The synthesis strategy along with the F-ohPEI nanoparticles developed in this work is expected to find promising application in fabricating biocompatible hPEI-based biomaterials.
- Subjects :
- Detection limit
Polyethylenimine
Polymers and Plastics
Chemistry
Nanoparticle
chemistry.chemical_element
Biocompatible material
Polymeric nanoparticles
Fluorescence
Copper
Hydrolysis
chemistry.chemical_compound
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Chemical engineering
Materials Chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14351536 and 0303402X
- Volume :
- 299
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Colloid and Polymer Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4caa1bdf1c2e83b22c2b0d10c2cbad5d