Self-Assembly Behavior of Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers in Water: A Combined Experimental and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach

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dc.contributor.authorElizondo-García, M.E.
dc.contributor.authorMárquez-Miranda, V.
dc.contributor.authorAraya-Durán, I.
dc.contributor.authorValencia-Gallegos, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Nilo, F.D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-23T13:21:11Z
dc.date.available2019-04-23T13:21:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus.es_ES
dc.descriptionAcknowledgments: M.E.E.G. thank the Ph. D. scholarship (251115) from CONACyT. The authors would like to thank: Luis Elizalde-Herrera (CIQA) for his help running the NMR spectra; Gloria Macedo-Raygoza and Miguel J. Beltrán-García (UAG), for their help in the measuring of MALDI-TOF mass spectra; and Maricela Rodríguez-Nieto and Jorge Luis Menchaca (UANL), for their help with the AFM measurements. FDGN thanks to the USA Air Force Office of Scientific Research Awards.
dc.description.abstractAmphiphilic Janus dendrimers (JDs) are repetitively branched molecules with hydrophilic and hydrophobic components that self-assemble in water to form a variety of morphologies, including vesicles analogous to liposomes with potential pharmaceutical and medical application. To date, the self-assembly of JDs has not been fully investigated thus it is important to gain insight into its mechanism and dependence on JDs’ molecular structure. In this study, the aggregation behavior in water of a second-generation bis-MPA JD was evaluated using experimental and computational methods. Dispersions of JDs in water were carried out using the thin-film hydration and ethanol injection methods. Resulting assemblies were characterized by dynamic light scattering, confocal microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Furthermore, a coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulation was performed to study the mechanism of JDs aggregation. The obtaining of assemblies in water with no interdigitated bilayers was confirmed by the experimental characterization and CG-MD simulation. Assemblies with dendrimersome characteristics were obtained using the ethanol injection method. The results of this study establish a relationship between the molecular structure of the JD and the properties of its aggregates in water. Thus, our findings could be relevant for the design of novel JDs with tailored assemblies suitable for drug delivery systems. © 2018 by the authors.es_ES
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/4/969
dc.identifier.citationMolecules, 23(4), art. no. 969.es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1420-3049
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.3390/molecules23040969
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/8567
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.publisherMDPI AGes_ES
dc.subjectAmphiphilices_ES
dc.subjectCoarse-grained molecular dynamicses_ES
dc.subjectJanus dendrimerses_ES
dc.subjectSelf-assemblyes_ES
dc.titleSelf-Assembly Behavior of Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers in Water: A Combined Experimental and Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approaches_ES
dc.typeArtículoes_ES
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