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Migliore N, Araya‐Hermosilla E, Scheutz GM, Sumerlin BS, Pucci A, Raffa P. Synthesis of poly(
1‐vinylimidazole
)‐
block
‐poly
(
9‐vinylcarbazole
) copolymers via
RAFT
and their use in chemically responsive graphitic composites. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nicola Migliore
- Department of Chemical Engineering ENTEG Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands
- George & Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
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- George & Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
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- George & Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry University of Pisa Pisa Italy
- CISUP, Centro per l'Integrazione della Strumentazione dell'Università di Pisa Pisa Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering ENTEG Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands
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Macii F, Cupellini L, Stifano M, Santolaya J, Pérez-Arnaiz C, Pucci A, Barone G, García B, Busto N, Biver T. Combined spectroscopic and theoretical analysis of the binding of a water-soluble perylene diimide to DNA/RNA polynucleotides and G-quadruplexes. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 260:119914. [PMID: 34015745 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.119914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We present here a combined spectroscopic and theoretical analysis of the binding of N,N'-bis(2-(1-piperazino)ethyl)-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide dichloride (PZPERY) to different biosubstrates. Absorbance titrations and circular dichroism experiments, melting studies and isothermal calorimetry (ITC) titrations reveal a picture where the binding to natural double-stranded DNA is very different from that to double and triple-stranded RNAs (poly(A)∙poly(U) and poly(U)∙poly(A)⁎poly(U)). As confirmed also by the structural and energetic details clarified by density functional theory (DFT) calculations, intercalation occurs for DNA, with a process driven by the combination of aggregates disruption and monomers intercalation. Oppositely, for RNAs, no intercalation but groove binding with the formation of supramolecular aggregates is observed. Among all the tested biosubstrates, the affinity of PZPERY towards DNA G-quadruplexes (G4) is the greatest one with a preference for human telomeric G4s. Focusing on hybrid G4 forms, either sitting-atop ("tetrad-parallel") or lateral ("groove-parallel") binding modes were considered in the discussion of the experimental results and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Both turned out to be possible concurrently, in agreement also with the experimental binding stoichiometries higher than 2:1.
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- Francesca Macii
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Burgos, Pza. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Burgos, Pza. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Burgos, Pza. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Burgos, Pza. Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy; Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno Pisano 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
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In this work, we investigated the functionalization of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) with 2-(dodecen-1-yl) succinic anhydride (TPSA) to increase the rGO effective interactions with organic solvents both in liquid and vapor phases. Thermogravimetric analysis, STEM, XPS, FTIR-ATR, and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the effective functionalization of rGO with about the 30 wt% of grafted TPSA without affecting the structural characteristics of graphene but successfully enhancing its dispersibility in the selected solvent except for the apolar hexane. Solid TPSA-rGO dispersions displayed a reproducible semiconducting (activated) electrical transport with decreased resistance when heated from 20 °C to 60 °C and with a negative temperature coefficient of 10−3 K−1, i.e., comparable in absolute value with temperature coefficient in metals. It is worth noting that the same solid dispersions showed electrical resistance variation upon exposure to vapors with a detection limit in the order of 10 ppm and sensitivity α of about 10−4 ppm−1.
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Electrically-Conductive Polyketone Nanocomposites Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12040923. [PMID: 32316345 PMCID: PMC7240681 DOI: 10.3390/polym12040923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In this work, we investigated the functionalization of polyketone 30 (PK30) with glycyl-glycine (Gly-Gly) via the Paal-Knorr reaction with the aim of homogenously dispersing two types of reduced graphene oxide (rGO, i.e., lrGO and hrGO, the former characterized by a lower degree of reduction in comparison to the latter) by non-covalent interactions. The functional PK30-Gly-Gly polymer was effective in preparing composites with homogeneously distributed rGO characterized by an effective percolation threshold at 5 wt. %. All the composites showed a typical semiconductive behavior and stable electrical response after several heating/cooling cycles from 30 to 115 °C. Composites made by hrGO displayed the same resistive behaviour even if flanked by a considerable improvement on conductivity, in agreement with the more reduced rGO content. Interestingly, no permanent percolative network was shown by the composite with 4 wt. % of lrGO at temperatures higher than 45 °C. This material can be used as an ON-OFF temperature sensor and could find interesting applications as sensing material in soft robotics applications.
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Eserci H, Şenkuytu E, Okutan E. New cyclotriphosphazene based nanotweezers bearing perylene and glycol units and their non-covalent interactions with single walled carbon nanotubes. J Mol Struct 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Migliore N, Polgar LM, Araya-Hermosilla R, Picchioni F, Raffa P, Pucci A. Effect of the Polyketone Aromatic Pendent Groups on the Electrical Conductivity of the Derived MWCNTs-Based Nanocomposites. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10060618. [PMID: 30966653 PMCID: PMC6404154 DOI: 10.3390/polym10060618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Electrically conductive plastics with a stable electric response within a wide temperature range are promising substitutes of conventional inorganic conductive materials. This study examines the preparation of thermoplastic polyketones (PK30) functionalized by the Paal⁻Knorr process with phenyl (PEA), thiophene (TMA), and pyrene (PMA) pendent groups with the aim of optimizing the non-covalent functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) through π⁻π interactions. Among all the aromatic functionalities grafted to the PK30 backbone, the extended aromatic nuclei of PMA were found to be particularly effective in preparing well exfoliated and undamaged MWCNTs dispersions with a well-defined conductive percolative network above the 2 wt % of loading and in freshly prepared nanocomposites as well. The efficient and superior π⁻π interactions between PK30PMA and MWCNTs consistently supported the formation of nanocomposites with a highly stable electrical response after thermal solicitations such as temperature annealing at the softening point, IR radiation exposure, as well as several heating/cooling cycles from room temperature to 75 °C.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicola Migliore
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG, The Netherlands.
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa (PI), Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG, The Netherlands.
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Programa Institucional de Fomento a la Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Ignacio Valdivieso 2409, P.O. Box 8940577, San Joaquín, 8940000 Santiago, Chile.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG, The Netherlands.
- Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13, 56124 Pisa (PI), Italy.
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Temperature and pH sensors based on graphenic materials. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 91:870-877. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.01.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Perylene bisimide metal complexes as new MWCNTs dispersants: Role of the metal ion in stability and temperature sensing. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Araya-Hermosilla R, Pucci A, Araya-Hermosilla E, Pescarmona PP, Raffa P, Polgar LM, Moreno-Villoslada I, Flores M, Fortunato G, Broekhuis AA, Picchioni F. An easy synthetic way to exfoliate and stabilize MWCNTs in a thermoplastic pyrrole-containing matrix assisted by hydrogen bonds. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra11054a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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MWCNTs were dispersed in a thermoplastic polymer containing pyrrole units in the main chain and hydroxyl pendant groups, affording a well-distributed percolative network. The resulting soft nanocomposite shows stable conductive behavior.
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Affiliation(s)
- R. Araya-Hermosilla
- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry
- University of Pisa
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Ciencias Químicas
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Austral de Chile
- Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Químicas
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Austral de Chile
- Chile
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry
- University of Pisa
- Italy
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- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering/Product Technology
- University of Groningen
- Groningen
- The Netherlands
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Welsh DJ, O'Driscoll LJ, Bailey SWD, Visontai D, Howes K, Frampton H, Bryce MR, Lambert CJ. Key role of the linker in pyrene-linker-carboxylate surfactants for the efficient aqueous dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20250g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study establishes that the structure of the linker group between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic units in the new surfactants 1–13 plays an important role in the dispersibility of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in water.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Durham University
- Durham
- UK
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- BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Sunbury-on-Thames
- UK
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