Probing of local polarity in poly(methyl methacrylate) with the charge transfer transition in Nile red

• Aydan Yadigarli,
• Qimeng Song,
• Sergey I. Druzhinin and
• Holger Schönherr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2552–2562, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.248

• -controlled drug delivery systems [4][6][7][8][9][10], as well as dynamics of polymers at interfaces [11]. To be able to understand local properties of polymers, in particular in nanoenvironments of polymeric vesicles (polymersomes), comprising a hydrophilic corona and a hydrophobic wall [1][12], or in

• substrate-supported ultrathin films [13], the analysis of the photophysical properties of tracer dye molecules was found to be beneficial. In time-resolved fluorescence measurements and dye diffusion studies, the nanoenvironments in polymersomes could be assigned [1][12], solute transport be characterized

• [1] and segment mobilities inferred [13], respectively. For other purposes the oxazine tracer dye Nile red (NR, Figure 1) served as a local probe to enable the study of degradation of enzyme labile polymersomes [14]. The same dye has been reported as probe for local permittivity in polymers, in

Nanoreactors for green catalysis

• M. Teresa De Martino,
• Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
• Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and
• Jan C. M. van Hest

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 716–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.61

• ; nanoreactors; micelles; polymersomes; Introduction It is widely acknowledged that “the best solvent is no solvent”; however, running a reaction under neat conditions is very challenging from the points of view of mass transfer and temperature gradients [1][2]. Therefore, sustainable chemical technologies are

• more achievable. Nanocompartments such as polymersomes [40], micelles [41], dendrimers [42], and nanogels [43][44] represent smart and compact devices to carry out reactions in aqueous media. Besides, their facile recyclability make them very suitable as nanoreactors for a multitude of applications in

• , polymersomes, dendrimers and nanogels. The choice of discussing these nanoreactors stems from their accredited relevance in the field of catalysis and the significant number of examples published in literature. The advantageous aspects of these four classes of nanoreactors over non-supported homogeneous

Recent applications of click chemistry for the functionalization of gold nanoparticles and their conversion to glyco-gold nanoparticles

• Vivek Poonthiyil,
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst,
• Vladimir B. Golovko and
• Antony J. Fairbanks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 11–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.2

• then yielded the DBCO-AuNPs. When these DBCO-AuNPs were treated with azide-decorated polymersomes (a class of artificial vesicles) [58], the AuNPs were successfully attached to the surface of the polymersomes (Scheme 6). Workentin and co-workers have also reported the successful use of SPAAC to

• polymersomes and strained alkyne-functionalized AuNPs (DBCO-AuNPs) in water [57]. Functionalization of AuNPs with an azide containing thiol ligand, and subsequent attachment to an acetylene-functionalized lipase by CuAAC. Reagents and conditions: (a) H2O, rt, 18 h; (b) H2O, CuSO4, ascorbic acid, rt, 3 d. [47

Chemical systems, chemical contiguity and the emergence of life

• Terrence P. Kee and
• Pierre-Alain Monnard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1551–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.155

• reconstitute photosynthetic machinery in phospholipid liposomes [91][92] and polymersomes [93]. In these experiments, the use of photosensitizer triads or bacteriorhodopsin has allowed for the conversion of light energy into a proton gradient, which in turn could be utilized to power an ATP synthase to produce