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Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for Measuring Macromolecule-Ligand Affinity
Published on: September 7, 2011
Isothermal titration calorimetry of supramolecular polymers
Alix Arnaud1, Laurent Bouteiller
1Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, UMR 7610, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Abstract:
A method to characterize the self-association of supramolecular polymers by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) has been designed. Association constants in the range 10(4)-10(6) dm(3) mol(-1) have been successfully determined from the heat exchange occurring when a supramolecular polymer solution is injected into a calorimetric cell containing pure solvent. Very good agreement with literature values has been obtained. Compared to other techniques (such as NMR or Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), the use of ITC presents several advantages: (i) the enthalpy of association is obtained together with the association constant from the same experiment, (ii) the measurements can be performed in almost any solvent, and (iii) systems with higher association constants can be characterized.
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