Amphiphilic alginate-based fluorescent polymer nanoparticles: Fabrication and multifunctional applications

Preparation, characterization, evaluation and mechanistic study of organic polymer nano-photocatalysts for solar fuel production

“…As a result, DLS provides information on hydrodynamic radii which includes nanoparticles with solvent molecules attached or adsorbed on the surface, rather than the actual size of PNP. 82 As size-dependent hydrogen evolution has been proven to be an important parameter that influences the photocatalytic activity, knowing the size of nanoparticles is particularly useful information when it comes to comparing different PNP systems. 16,32 3.3.2.…”

“…Lin et al have shown that amphiphilic PNP contained both hydroxyl and carboxyl functional groups by means of FTIR, while 1 H NMR provided evidence of PNP functionalization with cyclohexyl group and phenyl ring moieties. 82 Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) is a complementary to FTIR non-linear vibrational technique that offers up to 10 8 excitation efficiency enhancement. In contrast to surface enhanced Raman scattering, SRS does not rely on metallic nanostructures, and thus is more applicable for PNP characterization.…”

“…Lin et al have shown that amphiphilic PNP contained both hydroxyl and carboxyl functional groups by means of FTIR, while 1 H NMR provided evidence of PNP functionalization with cyclohexyl group and phenyl ring moieties. 82…”

Recent Advances of Natural-Polymer-Based Hydrogels for Wound Antibacterial Therapeutics

“…However, due to its high hydrophilicity, it is not conducive to drug-loading and releasing [ 62 ]. The hydroxyl and carboxyl groups on its main chain can be modified to make it amphiphilic, which can be used to stabilize the emulsion and load drugs [ 115 , 116 ].…”