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Hydrophobic Salt-modified Nafion for Enzyme Immobilization and Stabilization
Published on: July 11, 2012
Highly stable and biocompatible nafion-based capsules with controlled permeability for low-molecular-weight species
1Department of Interfaces, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 2, 14424 Potsdam, Germany. zhifei.dai@mpikg-golm.mpg.de
Abstract:
Biocompatible hollow capsules have been formed by electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly of a perfluorinated ionomer (Nafion) in alternation with ferric ions onto polystyrene latex particles or organic microcrystals, followed by dissolution of the cores by tetrahydrofuran or dimethylformamide. The stepwise growth of multilayers was followed by UV-visible spectroscopy and microelectrophoresis. The formation of hollow capsules was verified by confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning force microscopy. The hollow Fe3+/Nafion capsules displayed high stability over a wide range of pH values and at high temperature. Fluorescein transport through the Fe3+/Nafion capsule wall was studied by means of photochemical bleaching and recovery (PBR) of the capsule interior. A diffusion model is suggested to calculate the diffusion coefficient for low-molecular-weight species, which was determined to be in the order of 10(-12) cm2s. The permeability can be manipulated by changing the wall thickness of the capsules.
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