STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION OF PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE VESICLE MEMBRANES BY POLY(2-ETHYLACRYLIC ACID) - INFLUENCE OF THE MOLECULAR-WEIGHT OF THE POLYMER

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作者
SCHROEDER, UKO [1 ]
TIRRELL, DA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,DEPT POLYMER SCI & ENGN,AMHERST,MA 01003
关键词
Fluorescence - Monomers--Polymerization - Plastics--Molecular Weight - Polymers--Solutions;
D O I
10.1021/ma00192a042
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Three samples of poly(2-ethylacrylic acid) (PEAA) of different molecular weights (M¯w = 164,000, 43,000, and 12,000) were prepared by radical polymerization of 2-ethylacrylic acid in bulk. The conformational properties of the samples were determined and correlated with the pH-dependent structural reorganization observed in phosphatidylcholine vesicles suspended in the respective polymer solutions. In all experiments the sample of lowest molecular weight behaved differently from the other two: The cooperativity of the conformational transition was reduced and the transition midpoint was shifted to lower pH as compared to the samples of higher molecular weight.
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