聚电解质复合物

本文介绍了聚电解质复合物的研究及发展状况，包括聚电解质复合物的形成、结构以及影响形成聚电解质复合物的各种因素，还介绍了近年来以聚电解质复合物为材料 质的渗透汽化膜的应用和在生物医药方面的研究成果。     

海藻酸钙凝胶小球与丙烯腈的接枝共聚改性

海藻酸钙水凝胶由天然多糖海藻酸钠与二价钙离子交联形成,具有良好的生物相容,性在药物控制释放等领域得到了广泛的应用。但海藻酸钙水凝胶在大气和电解质溶液中的稳定性较差,常采用与壳聚糖等聚电解质形成复合物的方法加以改善。我们曾利用化学法将醋酸乙烯酯接枝到海藻酸钙     

壳聚糖-硫酸葡聚糖聚电解质复合物纳米胶体粒膨胀性能研究

制备了壳聚糖-硫酸葡聚糖聚电解质复合物纳米胶体粒子,探讨了胶体粒形成的作用机理,并对其在不同条件下的膨胀行为进行了研究。结果表明,复合物胶体粒子带负电荷,形成过程中所加组分CS的量可以控制胶体所带的负电荷量;复合物胶体有良好的膨胀性,膨胀率最大可达380%,且随组分分子量、含量及pH值的变化呈现一定的规律性。     

聚电解质复合物在药物控释中的应用

近年来聚电解质复合物在药物控释领域受到重视。对聚电解质复合物在响应型药物控释、细胞免疫隔离移植、多肽蛋白质药物的缓释及其基因治疗等领域的应用进行了综述。     

大离子诱导聚电解质/表面活性剂复合物的解离

采用分子动力学模拟方法研究了大离子与聚电解质/表面活性剂复合物的相互作用, 考察了大离子的电性、直径、表面电荷、浓度等对其与复合物相互作用的影响. 结果表明, 与聚电解质所带电性相同的大离子对复合物作用不明显, 只有当大离子所带电荷较多时, 才会引导少量表面活性剂从复合物中脱离. 当大离子所带电荷与聚电解质所带电荷电性相反时, 大离子的加入会诱导复合物的解离, 表面活性剂从复合物中释放出来, 甚至导致聚电解质/表面活性剂复合物的完全解离, 从而形成聚电解质/大离子复合物; 大离子所带电荷越多, 诱导作用越明显. 大离子的直径及浓度对其与复合物之间的作用也有很大的影响, 对于所带电荷数相同的大离子而言, 直径越小, 其与复合物的作用越显著, 越容易引导表面活性剂从复合物中解离, 若大离子的表面电荷密度相同, 大离子直径越小, 反而与复合物的作用越弱; 大离子浓度越高, 越易引起复合物的解离, 复合物中聚电解质链上结合的大离子数增多直至饱和, 相应的会出现电荷反转现象.     

水溶性聚电解质—表面活性剂复合物的聚集行为

聚电解质在溶液中与相反电荷的表面活性剂通过解电作用与疏水作用可形成聚电解质－表面活性剂复合物，依据反应条件生成的复事物可以是水溶性也可以是非水溶性的。水溶性的聚电解质－表面活性剂复合物由于有许多工业应用，因此近几十上来水溶性聚电解质－表面活性剂复合物的形成和结构已爱到人们的广泛重视。本文对水溶性聚电解质－表面活性剂复合物的聚集过程、聚集结构作了简要概述，此外对荧光光谱在这一领域的应用进行了重点介绍     

壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜对药物表观渗透系数的测试

药物渗透系数是考察复合物膜的药物释放性能的重要参数. 本文以溶解性不同的两种药物扑热息痛和5-氨基水杨酸(5-ASA)为模型药物研究了其在壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜中的渗透性能. 结果表明：壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜的渗透性能与其溶胀性能密切相关;复合物膜中壳聚糖和纤维素硫酸钠的配比、相对分子量和pH值对膜的渗透性能和溶胀性能影响显著,以扑热息痛作为模型药物研究了壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜在模拟胃肠液中对药物的渗透性能. 通过调整该复合物膜的配方,可以使该膜分别实现胃、小肠和结肠定位释药的目的.     

壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜对药物表观渗透系数的测试(英文)

药物渗透系数是考察复合物膜的药物释放性能的重要参数.本文以溶解性不同的两种药物扑热息痛和5-氨基水杨酸(5-ASA)为模型药物研究了其在壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜中的渗透性能.结果表明:壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜的渗透性能与其溶胀性能密切相关;复合物膜中壳聚糖和纤维素硫酸钠的配比、相对分子量和pH值对膜的渗透性能和溶胀性能影响显著,以扑热息痛作为模型药物研究了壳聚糖-纤维素硫酸钠聚电解质复合物膜在模拟胃肠液中对药物的渗透性能.通过调整该复合物膜的配方,可以使该膜分别实现胃、小肠和结肠定位释药的目的.     

聚电解质复合物研究进展

本文介绍了聚电解质复合物的制备及研究方法，对影响聚电解质复合物形成及其结构的因素进行了阐述，简要介绍了其性能并对其应用前景作了展望。     

重氮树脂—聚磷酸复合物

带有相反电荷 (通常在侧链 )的聚电解质 ,通过静电相互作用形成的复合物 ,称聚电解质复合物 (ＰＥＣ) .ＰＥＣ已有很多研究[1～ 3] ,也有一些应用的报道[4,5] .重氮树脂 (ＤＲ) ,一种由二苯胺 4 重氮盐与多聚甲醛在浓硫酸中缩合得到的缩聚物[6] ,因侧链带重氮基 ,所以是正离子聚电解质 .它能与各种负离子聚电解质生成感光性的ＰＥＣ ,并可用作光成像体系的感光剂[7,8] .ＤＲ与聚磷酸 (ＰＰＡ)生成重氮基为正离子 ,磷酸基为负离子的复合物 ,这种复合物文献上未有过报道 .本文初步研究了这种复合物的制备与性质 .1　重氮树脂 聚磷酸复合物 (…     

Formation and properties of positively charged colloids based on polyelectrolyte complexes of biopolymers

Formation of colloids based on polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) was mainly studied with synthetic polyelectrolytes. In this study, we describe the elaboration of positively charged PEC particles at a submicrometer level obtained by the complexation between two charged polysaccharides, chitosan as polycation and dextran sulfate (DS) as polyanion. The complexes were elaborated by dropwise addition of default amounts of DS to excess chitosan. Quasi-elastic light scattering was used to investigate in detail the influence of the characteristics of components (chain length, degree of acetylation) and parameters linked to the reaction of complexation (molar mixing ratio, ionic strength, concentration in polymer) on the sizes and polydispersity of colloids. Chain length of chitosan is the major parameter affecting the dimensions of the complexes, high molar mass chitosans leading to the largest particles. Variations of hydrodynamic diameters of PECs with the molar mass of chitosan are consistent with a mechanism of particle formation through the segregation of the neutral and then hydrophobic blocks of the polyelectrolyte complexed segments. Resulting particles display probably a structure constituted by a neutral core surrounded by a chitosan shell ensuring the colloidal stabilization. Such a structure was evidenced by measurements of electrophoretic mobilities revealing that the positive charge of particles was decreasing with pH, in relation with the neutralization of excess glucosamine hydrochloride moieties.     

The rheology of hydrogels based on chitosan–gelatin (bio)polyelectrolyte complexes

Influence of the chitosan concentration in the low-concentrated acidic hydrogels formed by (bio)polyelectrolyte chitosan–gelatin complexes (at a constant gelatin concentration of 1%) was studied by shearing in steady flow and linear oscillations. These complexes, including native gelatin, demonstrate clearly expressed viscoelastic properties. Viscoelastic properties correlated well with the non-Newtonian behavior of hydrogels (according to the Cox–Merz rule). Increasing the chitosan concentration (from 0.1% to 0.6%) results in exponential growth of the apparent viscosity, yield stress, and storage modulus. However, a further increase in chitosan concentration to 0.8% leads to a reduction in these rheological parameters due to the electrostatic repulsion of similarly charged polyelectrolyte complexes under the high concentration of these complexes. The macro-rheological properties of chitosan–gelatin gels are mainly determined by the colloidal structure of sol-precursors in solutions. The yield stress dependence on the radius of the dispersed particles is of square type. Electron photomicrographs showed that the introduction of even small quantities of chitosan leads to radical changes in the supramolecular structure of the gelatin gel.     

Characteristics of Interactions in the Pectin–Chitosan System

Interpolymeric complexes have been obtained from citric pectin and chitosan, the latter synthesized from crab chitin. The composition and structure of complexes obtained from different ratios of the components were studied by IR spectroscopy, rheological investigation of gel structure, and mathematical modelling of system properties. Rheological investigation of the processes involved in the formation of interpolymeric complexes with gel structures from citric pectin and chitosan was conducted in moderately concentrated solutions containing different ratios of the components. It was shown that the toughness of the gel structures was determined by the ratio of the amounts of the heterogeneous polymers. The toughest product (τ=121.4 Pa) was obtained by use of equimolar quantities of pectin and chitosan. With deviation of the composition of the mixture from equimolar the toughness of the gel decreased. It is proposed that the polyelectrolyte pectin–chitosan complex with a network structure is formed at the expense of electrostatic interaction between positively charged amino groups at C-2 of the chitosan pyranose ring and negatively charged carboxyl groups at the C-5 of the pectin pyranose ring.     

Polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles from chitosan and poly(acrylic acid) and Polystyrene‐block‐poly(acrylic acid)

Interpolymer polyelectrolyte complexes of chitosan (CS) with poly(acrylic acid) homopolymers and polystyrene‐block‐poly(acrylic acid) diblock copolymers were prepared and characterized. The influence of the positive/negative charge balance (charge ratio), pH, and ionic strength were thoroughly studied by dynamic light scattering. The existence of a strong polyelectrolyte effect was also highlighted in this study. Domains of stability, in which nanoparticle sizes are smaller than 100 and 200 nm for complexes of CS with the homopolymer and copolymer, respectively, were identified and confirmed by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The charged nature of the surface of the nanoparticles was evidenced by Zeta potential measurements. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Stabilization of Liposomes by Polyelectrolytes: Mechanism of Interaction and Role of Experimental Conditions

ζ-potential measurements on LUVs allow to evidence the influence of pH, ionic salt concentration, and polyelectrolyte charge on the interaction between polyelectrolyte (chitosan and hyaluronan) and zwitterionic lipid membrane. First, chitosan adsorption is studied: adsorption is independent on the chitosan molecular weight and corresponds to a maximum degree of decoration of 40% in surface coverage. From the dependence with pH and independence with MW, it is concluded that electrostatic interactions are responsible of chitosan adsorption which occurs flat on the external surface of the liposomes. The vesicles become positively charged in the presence of around two repeat units of chitosan added per lipid accessible polar head in acid medium down to pH = 7.2. Direct optical microscopy observations of GUVs shows a stabilization of the composite liposomes under different external stresses (pH and salt shocks) which confirms the strong electrostatic interaction between the chitosan and the lipid membrane. It is also demonstrated that the liposomes are stabilized by chitosan adsorption in a very wide range of pH (2.0 < pH < 12.0). Then, hyaluronan (HA), a negatively charged polyelectrolyte, is added to vesicles; the vesicles turn rapidly negatively charged in presence of adsorbed HA Finally, we demonstrated that hyaluronan adsorbs on positively charged chitosan-decorated liposomes at pH < 7.0 leading to charge inversion in the liposome decorated by the chitosan-hyaluronan bilayer. Our results demonstrate the adsorption of positive and/or negative polyelectrolyte at the surface of lipidic vesicles as well as their role on vesicle stabilization and charge control.     

Colloid Stabilization by an Oppositely Charged Polysaccharide: Mechanism of Interaction and Interface Studied with Synchrotron X-Rays

The liposome surface is modeled by a 2-D lipid monolayer made of behenic acid forming a negatively charged interface. The properties at the air/liquid interface were examined by pressure-area isotherms in a Langmuir trough introducing diluted chitosan solution in the subphase. X-ray reflectivity of the interface was measured in the same conditions in order to determine the layer thickness of the chitosan adsorbed on the behenic acid monolayer formed on water. Influence of pH of the subphase and molecular weight of adsorbed chitosan was investigated. All these results allow confirming that the charge and the stability of the lipid layer are controlled by the nature of the polyelectrolyte and the nature of the medium. In particular, the use of biocompatible charged polysaccharides is of interest for biomedical applications.     

Stabilization of bioderived surfactant/polyelectrolyte complexes through surfactant conjugation to the biopolymer

Mixtures of oppositely charged surfactants and polyelectrolytes self-assemble into a variety of nanostructured complexes. With the view of developing simpler and cleaner alternatives to synthetic nanomaterials, self-assembled nanostructures can be prepared from bioderived surfactant/polyelectrolyte mixtures. These complexes can be designed to vary their phase behavior and structure in response to external stimuli, and are simpler and cleaner to prepare than conventional synthetic copolymers (e.g., block or graft). Yet, some potential applications of surfactant/polyelectrolyte complexes are limited by their lower stability. Here, we overcome this limitation by covalently coupling the surfactant head group to the polymer chain. Visual observations and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) reveal that covalent coupling dramatically improves stability at both the macroscopic and mesoscopic lengthscales. This suggests that, through covalent conjugation, stability of nanostructured surfactant/biopolymer complexes can be made to rival that of synthetic copolymers, thereby extending their use to applications that require long-lasting nanostructured materials.     

Investigation on the aggregation behaviors of DDAB/NaDEHP catanionic vesicles in the absence and presence of a negatively charged polyelectrolyte

The aggregation behaviors of the cationic and anionic (catanionic) surfactant vesicles formed by didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB)/sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (NaDEHP) in the absence and presence of a negatively charged polyelectrolyte are investigated. The amount of the charge on the vesicle can be tuned by controlling the DDAB/NaDEHP surfactant molar ratio. The charged vesicular dispersions made of DDAB/NaDEHP are mixed with a negatively charged polyelectrolyte, poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) sodium (PSSAMA), to form complexes. Depending on the polyelectrolyte/vesicle charge ratio, complex flocculation or precipitation occurs. Characterization of the catanionic vesicles and the complexes are performed by transmission electron microscope (TEM), Cryo-TEM, dynamic light scattering (DLS), conductivity, turbidity, zeta potential, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements.     

Adsorption of bovine serum albumin on template-polymerized chitosan/poly(methacrylic acid) complexes

Particulate systems composed of polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) based on chitosan and poly(methacrylic acid) were obtained via template polymerization. The resultant particles were characterized as having regions with different charge densities: chitosan predominating in the core and poly(methacrylic acid) at the surface, the particles being negatively charged, as a consequence. Albumin was adsorbed on these particles (after cross-linking with glutardialdehyde), and pH was controlled to obtain two conditions: (i) adsorption of positively charged albumin and (ii) adsorption of albumin at its isoelectric point. Adsorption isotherms and zeta-potential measurements showed that albumin adsorption was controlled by hydrogen bonding/van der Waals interactions and that brush-like structures may enhance the adsorption of albumin on these particles. It was also found that shearing can induce desorption of albumin from the PEC surface, depending on the continuous phase albumin concentration.