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2024-02-26

2024

Theodoropoulou Sophia

Αστέριος Πίσπας, Διευθυντής Ερευνών, Ινστιτούτο Θεωρητικής και Φυσικής Χημείας, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών (Επιβλέπων Καθηγητής)
Ερμόλαος Ιατρού, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Χημείας, ΕΚΠΑ
Μαρίνος Πιτσικάλης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Χημείας, ΕΚΠΑ

Υβριδικά νανοσωματίδια τυχαίων πολυηλεκτρολυτών και κβαντικών τελειών άνθρακα

Greek

Hybrid nanocomposites from random polyelectrolytes and carbon dots

In this master thesis, we report the complexation of charged copolymers of random architecture with carbon quantum dots via electrostatic interactions. Carbon dot-based composite nanoparticles have attracted great interest due to their biological applications.
The current study focuses on the synthesis of double hydrophilic poly(2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate-co-oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate), P(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymer via RAFT polymerization. In addition, negatively charged carbon dots (CDs) were produced by hydrothermal polycondensation reaction. Their complexation in aqueous solutions was achieved through electrostatic interactions between the oppositely charged units. Furthermore, the copolymer was converted into a strong cationic random polyelectrolyte and was used subsequently for the complexation with carbon dots. In addition, the weak anionic random polyelectrolyte poly(methacrylic acid-co-oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate), P(MAA-co-OEGMA), was synthesized by RAFT polymerization and then used to study the complexation with positively charged carbon dots.
The molecular characterization of the novel copolymers was carried out using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and spectroscopic techniques, namely, 1H-NMR and ATR-FT-IR. The obtained complexes were characterized through FT-IR spectroscopy as well. The physicochemical characterization of aqueous solutions of the copolymers and their complexes and also their response to external stimuli (pH, temperature, ionic strength) were conducted using dynamic and electrophoretic light scattering (DLS, ELS), and spectroscopic techniques such as UV-Vis, fluorescence and FT-IR. Finally, the interaction of selected complexes with iron (III) ions was studied through fluorescence spectroscopy.

Science

Polyelectrolytes, carbon quantum dots, hybrid nanoparticles, complexes, RAFT polymerization

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