Chromeazurol B (Na2HL) is a pH-sensitive (halochromic) dye based on a hydroxytriarylmethane core and two carboxylate functional groups, which makes it suitable for the synthesis of coordination polymers. Two new coordination polymers [NaZn4(H2O)3(L)3]·3THF·3H2O (1) and [Zn3(H2O)3(μ2-OH2)(μ3-OH)(HL)2(H2L)]·2THF·3H2O (2) incorporating Chromeazurol B linkers have been prepared and characterised. T...

We present an overview of the preparation and properties of layer-by-layer (LbL) deposited thin films and microcapsules in relation to their use in the development of biosensors and controlled release systems. Enzyme biosensors can be constructed by immobilizing enzymes on the surface of electrodes by LbL deposition without loss of their catalytic activity. In addition to synthetic polymers, ...

Hydrogels obtained from combining different polymers are an interesting strategy for developing controlled release system platforms and tissue engineering scaffolds. In this study, the applicability of sodium alginate-g-(QCL-co-HEMA) hydrogels these biomedical applications was evaluated. were synthesized by free-radical polymerization using a concentration components. The characterized Fourier ...

OBJECTIVE There is a strong need for drug delivery systems that can deliver biological signals from biomaterials and tissue engineering scaffolds, and a particular need for new delivery systems that can efficiently deliver biomolecules to intracellular targets. Viruses and pathogens have evolved potent molecular machinery that sense the lowered pH gradient of the endosomal compartment and becom...

A series of cyclic peptides containing a number of tryptophan (W) and glutamic acid (E) residues were synthesized and evaluated as pH-sensitive agents for targeting of acidic tissue and pH-dependent cytoplasmic delivery of molecules. Biophysical studies revealed the molecular mechanism of peptides action and localization within the lipid bilayer of the membrane at high and low pHs. The symmetri...

Nanomedicine is becoming very popular over conventional methods due to the ability to tune physico-chemical properties of nano vectors, which are used for encapsulation of therapeutic and diagnostic agents. However, the success of nanomedicine primarily relies on how specifically and efficiently nanocarriers can target pathological sites to minimize undesirable side effects and enhance therapeu...

The design and synthesis of protein-like polymers is a fundamental challenge in materials science. A means to achieve this goal is to create synthetic polymers of defined sequence where all relevant folding information is incorporated into a single polymer strand. We present here the aqueous self-assembly of peptoid polymers (N-substituted glycines) into ultrathin, two-dimensional highly ordere...

The controlled delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients to the site disease represents a major challenge in drug therapy. Particularly when drugs have be transported across biological barriers, suitable systems are importance. In recent years responsive been developed which enable release depending on internal or external stimuli such as changes pH, redox environment light and temperature....

the aim of the research work was to chemically modify guar gum(gg) as a ph sensitive co-polymer and formulating intestinal targeting eso nanoparticles (nps) using the synthesized co-polymer. poly acrylamide-grafted-guar gum (paam-g-gg) co-polymer was synthesized by free radical polymerization. chemical modification of paam-g-gg by alkaline hydrolysis results in formation of a ph-sensitive co-po...

in the present work a ph-dependent cloud point extraction procedure using ph-sensitive hydrogel polymer was applied for preconcentration and spectrophotometric determination of the hg(ii) as its thio micher's ketone complex. central composite design (ccd) and response surface method were applied to design the experiments and find out the optimum conditions. four factors entitled concentration o...