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- Title
Determination of non-traditional intrinsic fluorescence (NTIF) emission sites in 1-(4-carbomethoxypyrrolidone)-PAMAM dendrimers using CNDP-based quenching studies.
- Authors
Konopka, Malgorzata; Janaszewska, Anna; Johnson, Kayla A.M.; Hedstrand, David; Tomalia, Donald A.; Klajnert-Maculewicz, Barbara
- Abstract
A unique photoluminescent phenomenon producing inexplicable, blue emissions [λEx = 365 nm; λEm = 460 nm] in the absence of traditional aromatic fluorophores has been observed in a variety of surface functionalized poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers over the past two decades. This emission phenomenon, referred to as non-traditional intrinsic fluorescence (NTIF), originates from the intra-molecular clustering of electron-rich sub-fluorophores (i.e., tertiary amines and/or amido groups) residing in the interior of all PAMAM dendrimers. The intra-molecular clustering of these interior sub-fluorophores is hypothesized to account for the modest but reproducible, blue emissions observed for a variety of dendrimer surface moieties (i.e., -OH, -CO2H, and -NH2). Unexpectedly, a simple, one-step conversion of amine-terminated PAMAM dendrimers to 1-(4-carbomethyoxy) pyrrolidone-terminated dendrimers (4-CMP) was found to produce a 50-fold increase in blue NTIF emission compared to other surface moieties. In an effort to understand this new enhanced emission property, critical nanoscale design parameter (CNDP)-directed quenching experiments were devised to probe the increased NTIF emissions. Was it originating from the interior sub-fluorophoric tertiary amine/amido moieties or from the surface-attached, sub-fluorophoric pyrrolidone amido groups or both? Four generations of 4-CMP PAMAM dendrimers were examined. Two classical quenchers, namely, potassium iodide and acrylamide were selected to probe surface versus interior domains, respectively, as a function of predictable CNDPs associated with generation levels. With increasing dendrimer generation, quencher penetration into the dendrimer interior is impeded due to CNDP-directed generational congestion. Stern-Volmer plots for each quencher, as a function of generation, exhibited appropriate linear or non-linear correlations that corroborated behavior expected for two distinct region-specific emission sites.
- Subjects
DENDRIMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENT polymers; MOIETIES (Chemistry); PYRROLIDINONES; POTASSIUM iodide
- Publication
Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2018, Vol 20, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1388-0764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11051-018-4310-7