화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.256, No.1, 223-227, 2002
An EPR and fluorescence depolarization study of intermolecular interactions of dendrimers at medium and highly concentrated aqueous solutions
The intermolecular dendrimer interactions between poly (amidoamine) dendrimers (SBDs) of different generations (G = 2, 4, and 6) were studied in aqueous solution by EPR and fluorescence depolarization. For the EPR studies a spin probe (TEMPO) was covalently linked to the SBDs, and for the fluorescence depolarization studies a fluorophor (fluorescein) was covalentely linked to the SBDs. The mobility of the TEMPO labeled SBDs was determined by EPR over a range of the concentration of added SBDs (unlabeled SBD of the same generation) from 0.01 to 75% (w/w) in water solutions. The mobility of the TEMPO label was not influenced by added SBD below a concentration of approximately 5%, suggesting that no significant interdendrimer interactions, such as aggregation, occurred. Above a concentration of 30% SBD in water (w/w), the mobility of the TEMPO label decreased dramatically; the effect is mostly attributed to the viscosity increase at such high concentrations. Fluorescence depolarization studies, employing fluorescein-labeled dendrimers are in agreement with the EPR studies.