Size-tunable micron-bubbles based on fluorous-fluorous interactions of perfluorinated dendritic polyglycerols

Chemphyschem : a European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry
Maximilian ZieringerRainer Haag

Abstract

This paper describes the behavior of various generations of polyglycerol dendrimers that contain a perfluorinated shell. The aggregation in organic solvents is based on supramolecular fluorous-fluorous interactions, which can be described by means of (19)F NMR spectroscopy. In order to study the interaction and aggregation phenomena of dendrimers with perfluorinated shell and perfluoro-tagged guest molecules we investigated [G3.5]-dendrimer with a perfluorinated shell in the presence of perfluoro-tagged disperse red. Noteworthy, the interaction intensities varied in an unexpected manner depending on the equivalents of perfluoro-tagged guest molecules added to the dendrimers in solution which then formed supramolecular complexes based on fluorous-fluorous interactions. We found that these complexes aggregated around residual air in the solvent to form stable micron-sized bubbles. Their sizes correlated with the interaction intensities measured for certain dendrimer-guest molecule ratios. Degassing of the solutions led to a quasi phase separation between organic and fluorous phase, whereby the dendrimers formed the fluorous phases. Regassing the sample with air afforded bubbles of the initial size again.

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Jan 22, 2014·Macromolecular Bioscience·Florian PaulusRainer Haag

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