Functionalizable Glyconanoparticles for a Versatile Redox Platform.

ABSTRACT: A series of new glyconanoparticles (GNPs) was obtained by self-assembly by direct nanoprecipitation of a mixture of two carbohydrate amphiphilic copolymers consisting of polystyrene-block-β-cyclodextrin and polystyrene-block-maltoheptaose with different mass ratios, respectively 0-100, 10-90, 50-50 and 0-100%. Characterizations for all these GNPs were achieved using dynamic light scattering, scanning and transmission electron microscopy techniques, highlighting their spherical morphology and their nanometric size (diameter range 20-40 nm). In addition, by using the inclusion properties of cyclodextrin, these glyconanoparticles were successfully post-functionalized using a water-soluble redox compound, such as anthraquinone sulfonate (AQS) and characterized by cyclic voltammetry. The result

SUBMITTER: Carriere M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8146528 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature