TY - DATA T1 - Data relating to Fuel-Driven Macromolecular Coacervation in Complex Coacervate Core Micelles PY - 2022/04/04 AU - Reece Lewis AU - Rienk Eelkema AU - Benjamin Klemm AU - Mariano Macchione UR - https://data.4tu.nl/articles/dataset/Data_relating_to_Fuel-Driven_Macromolecular_Coacervation_in_Complex_Coacervate_Core_Micelles/19500368/1 DO - 10.4121/19500368.v1 KW - Coacervate Formation KW - c3m KW - systems chemistry KW - fuel cycle KW - micelles KW - complex coacervate core micelles N2 -
In this work a chemical reaction network (CRN) is used to drive the coacervation of macromolecular species. The CRN enables transient quaternization of tertiary amine substrates, driven by the conversion of electron deficient allyl acetates and thiol or amine nucleophiles. By incorporating tertiary amine functionality into block copolymers, we demonstrate chemical triggered complex coacervate core micelle (C3M) assembly and disassembly. In contrast to most dynamic coacervate systems, this CRN operates at constant physiological pH without the need for complex biomolecules. By varying the allyl acetate fuel, deactivating nucleophile and reagent ratios, we achieved both sequential signal-induced C3M (dis)assembly, as well as transient non-equilibrium (dis)assembly.
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