We present a rapid synthetic method for the development of hyperbranched PEIs decorated with different oligosaccharide architectures as carrier systems (CS) for drugs and bioactive molecules for in vitro and in vivo experiments. Reductive amination of hyperbranched PEI with readily available oligosaccharides results in sugar functionalized PEI cores with oligosaccharide shells of different dens...

– We investigate numerically and on the scaling level the adsorption of a charged colloid on an oppositely charged flexible membrane. We show that the long ranged character of the electrostatic interaction leads to a wrapping reentrance of the complex as the salt concentration is varied. The membrane wrapping depends on the size of the colloid and on the salt concentration and only for intermed...

Reported is the ability of α-helical polypeptides to self-assemble with oppositely-charged polypeptides to form liquid complexes while maintaining their α-helical secondary structure. Coupling the α-helical polypeptide to a neutral, hydrophilic polymer and subsequent complexation enables the formation of nanoscale coacervate-core micelles. While previous reports on polypeptide complexation demo...

This study aims to prove the complexation of cefpodoxime proxetil (CP) by hydroxypropyl-βcyclodextrin (HP-βCD) in the presence of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Na CMC), and investigates the permeability of CP in the complexes. The CP–HP-β-CD complex was prepared by kneading method and was characterized by Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and D...

We investigated the complexation of valinomycin (VM) in different solvent environments with the aid of the UVRR spectroscopy. By probing the 206.5 and 229 nm excited Raman spectra, we showed that new bands are observed around 1700 and 1290 cm(-1). We assigned the 1700 cm(-1) band to the hydrogen bonded ester carbonyl stretching vibration. In a polar solvent, VM-K(+) complexation shows significa...

Cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8])-mediated complexation of a dicationic azobenzene in water allows for the light-controlled encapsulation of a variety of second guest compounds, including amino acids, dyes, and fragrance molecules. Such controlled guest sequestration inside the cavity of CB[8] enables the regulation of the thermally induced phase transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-which is not pho...

Complexation of chlorogenic acid (CA) by b-cyclodextrin (b-CD) at mildly acidic pH, was studied by fluorescence spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and NMR spectroscopy. Thermodynamic parameters (DH°, DS° and K) determined by both fluorescence and ITC, showed that the complexation of CA by b-CD is an enthalpy-driven process. Results show that CA molecul...

Crown ether complexation solubilizes organic and inorganic salts in nonpolar media. Induction of crystallization from such solutions can result in crystallization of the free salt rather than the complex. This affords the opportunity to examine solvent effects on the crystallization of salts and other polar materials, leading to the modification of crystal shape and lattice. This approach, whic...

The complexation of Cm(III) with the recombinant N-lobe of human serum transferrin (hTf/2N) is investigated in the pH range from 4.0 to 11.0 using TRLFS. At pH ≥ 7.4 a Cm(III) hTf/2N species is formed with Cm(III) bound at the Fe(III) binding site. The results are compared with Cm(III) transferrin interaction at the C-lobe and indicate the similarity of the coordination environment of the C- an...

We report the noncovalent linkage of terminally substituted oligo(dimethylsiloxanes) bearing α-cyclodextrins (α-CD) as host end groups for the cyclopentadienyl rings of ferrocene. This double complexation of unsubstituted ferrocene leads to a supramolecuar formation of the siloxane strands. Structural characterization was performed by the use of (1)H NMR and IR spectroscopy and by mass spectrom...