Detection by circular dichroism of conformational transitions in pH and thermosensitive copolymers based on N-isopropylacrylamide and N-methacryloyl-L-leucine |
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Authors: | Lebon France Bignotti Fabio Penco Maurizio Gangemi Roberto Longhi Giovanna Abbate Sergio |
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Institution: | Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologie, Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. |
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Abstract: | Circular dichroism (CD) spectra in the region of 210-250 nm allow visualization of intrachain phase transition of pH- and thermosensitive polyelectrolytes. Indeed, in 0.001 M citrate and acetate buffers, at pH 4.0-5.5, aqueous solutions of a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-methacryloyl-L-leucine) (NIPAAm-MALEU) copolymer containing 90.9 mol% of NIPAAm residues exhibit a well-defined sigmoidal increase in the CD signal at 220 nm with increasing temperature. This phenomenon is suggestive of a highly cooperative transition which occurs at lower temperatures compared to that observed by cloud point measurements. The change in the CD signal is less sharp at higher pH, indicating varying cooperativity with pH. For pH 6.0 and higher, no such phenomena are observed. |
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Keywords: | circular dichroism cooperativity polyelectrolytes poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) stimuli‐sensitive polymers |
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