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Title: Elucidating the molecular structure of hydrophobically modified polyethylenimine nanoparticles and Its potential implications for DNA binding
Authors: Kaur, H.
Verma, M.
Kaur, S.
Rana, B.
Singh, N.
Jena, K.C.
Keywords: Interfaces
Molecules
Nanoparticles
Nonlinear optics
Polyethylenimine
Issue Date: 18-May-2022
Abstract: The structural properties of the polyethylenimine (PEI) polymer are generally tuned and selectively modified to reinforce its potential in a broad spectrum of applied domains of medicine, healthcare, material design, sensing, and electronic optimization. The selective modification of the polymer brings about changes in its interfacial characteristics and behavior. The current work involves the synthesis of naphthalimide conjugated polyethylenimine organic nanoparticles (NPEI-ONPs). The interfacial molecular structure of NPEI-ONPs is explored in an aqueous medium at pH 7.4 using surface tensiometry and sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS). The hydrophobic functionalization rendered a concentration-dependent surface coverage of NPEI-ONPs, where the SFG-VS analysis exhibited the molecular rearrangement of its hydrophobic groups at the interface. The interaction of NPEI-ONPs with double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is carried out to observe the relevance of the synthesized nanocomposites in the biomedical domain. The bulk-specific studies (i.e., thermal denaturation, viscometry, zeta (ζ) potential, and ATR-FTIR) reveal the condensation of dsDNA in the presence of NPEI-ONPs, making its structure more compact. The interface-sensitive SFG-VS showcased the impact of the dsDNA and NPEI-ONP interaction on the interfacial molecular behavior of NPEI-ONPs at the air–aqueous interface. Our results exhibit the potential of such hydrophobically functionalized ONPs as promising candidates for developing biomedical sealants, substrate coatings, and other biomedical domains.
URI: http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4179
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