| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N07103/01 |
| Title: |
AN EQUILIBRIUM STUDY OF THE FORMATION OF SUPRAMOLECULAR DENDRIMER-SURFACTANT ASSEMBLIES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ford, Professor R |
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| Department: |
Inst for Materials Research |
| Organisation: |
University of Salford |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2000 |
Ends: |
30 September 2003 |
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55,612
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Physical Organic Chemistry |
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| Chemicals |
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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The area of dendrimer/surfactant host-quest chemistry has received little attention over the past decade. This has been primarily due to a lack of satisfactory techniques to study these systems. Previous workers in this field have had to resort to the addition of probe molecules whose ESR or fluorescence spectra are sensitive to the microenvironment in which they reside to monitor surfactant binding. This proposal involves the use of a surfactant ion specific electrode to directly measure the uptake of surfactant by a dendrimer. We will take advantage of the unique flexibility in the synthetic procedures available to synthesise dendrimers with functional groups which are specifically targeted for the molecular recognition of surfactants with the major emphasis on fine control and optimisation of the binding. The strategy will be to modify and improve capability of the dendrimers to host surfactants as quests in the interior cavity and as micellar aggregates bound to the functional groups at the periphery. The formation of such intermolecular structures may lead to the formation of much larger network structures involving dendrimers and micelles. The formation of such networks will be identified by the use of steady shear rheometry.
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http://www.salford.ac.uk |