Vesículas a base de L-α-fosfatidilcolina (PC) y mezclas de PC/fosfogliceroles fueron caracterizadas por medio de dispersión de luz dinámica (DLS), microscopía electrónica de barrido-criogénico (Cryo-SEM) y calorimetría de titulación isotérmica (ITC). La incorporación de fosfogliceroles en la formulación de vesículas a base PC disminuyó el tamaño y la polidispersidad de las partículas, debido a un mayor empaquetamiento de las cadenas alifáticas por medio de interacciones de van der Waals. Además, resultó en una disminución significativa de la carga superficial de -75 mV comparada con el potencial Z (ξ) de las vesículas a base de PC. Ambos sistemas fueron modificados usando un polielectrolito catiónico (quitosano) de un peso molecular de 865 kDa y con un grado de desacetilación de 77 %. La naturaleza aniónica de la vesícula fosfolipídica resultó en una efectiva interacción con el polielectrolito catiónico mediante fuerzas del tipo electrostática, la cual fue determinada por medio de ITC. Los resultados fueron complementados mediante la determinación de potencial Z de los sistemas modificados, lo cual demostró que no es necesaria una inversión completa de la carga inicial de la superficie de la vesícula para asegurar el recubrimiento de esta. La adición de concentraciones de quitosano mayores a 0,1 mg/mL condujo a la agregación de las vesículas, lo cual fue demostrado mediante Cryo-SEM y DLS. Este efecto fue más significativo para el sistema basado en dimiristoilfosfoglicerol sal de sodio y quitosano, debido a la fuerte atracción electrostática.
Despite the vast volume of literature regarding the interaction between carbon nanotubes and surfactants, the effect of the covalent attachment of an amphiphilic surfactant based on a biomimetic approach to multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) has not been explored. In this report, the functionalization of the MWCNT surface with cholic acid by a chemical route is described. A three-step MWCNT chemical modification route was carried out and the properties of the intermediate and final materials were evaluated employing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM),atomic force microscopy (AFM) and zeta potential measurements. After functionalization, the MWCNT showed a facial bio-amphiphilic behavior; improving the dispersion stability as compared to commercial and oxidized MWCNT. The resulting material preserved the pristine multi-walled structure and originated surprisingly stable dispersions in aqueous and organic polar and low-polarity solvents
The title compound, C35H57NO3·0.25H2O, was synthesized from deoxycholic acid followed by a protection, a Mitsonobu substitution, a Staudinger reduction, formation of an amide and final reduction in the lateral chain. The compound crystallizes in the P1 space group with four steroid molecules and one water molecule in the triclinic cell unit. The crystal structure features O—H...O hydrogen bonding. The crystal studied was refined as a non-merohedral twin.
Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 293 K; mean (C-C) = 0.004 Å; disorder in solvent or counterion; R factor = 0.043; wR factor = 0.106; data-toparameter ratio = 10.0.In the title compound, {[Cu(C 10 H 8 N 4 ) 3 (H 2 O) 2 ](ClO 4 ) 2 } n , the coordination environment of the cationic Cu II atom is distorted octahedral, formed by pairs of symmetry-equivalent 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)diazene ligands, bridging 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)diazene ligands and two non-equivalent water molecules. The 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)diazene molecules form polymeric chains parallel to [101] via azo bonds which are situated about inversion centres. Since the Cu II atom is situated on a twofold rotation axis, the monomeric unit has point symmetry 2. The perchlorate anions are disordered in a 0.536 (9):0.464 (9) ratio and are acceptors of water H atoms in medium-strong O-HÁ Á ÁO hydrogen bonds with graph set R 4 4 (12). The water molecules, which are coordinated to the Cu II atom and are hydrogen-bonded to the perchlorate anions, form columns parallel to [010]. A -interaction [centroid-centroid distance = 3.913 (2) Å ] occurs between pyridine rings, and weak C-HÁ Á ÁO interactions also occur.
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