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Tracy Zhang1, Petar R Dvornic, Steven N Kaganove
1Michigan Molecular Institute, 1910 West Saint Andrews Road, Midland, Michigan 48640, USA.
Abstract:
Generation 0 through 5 polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers with three different types of groups connecting to hydrophobic C12 tails and one type of group connecting to C18 tails were synthesized and studied as monolayers at the air-water interface with a Langmuir trough. The molecular areas were significantly influenced by the size and the type of connecting group. Higher-generation (e.g., G4 and G5) amphiphilic PAMAMs with amide connecting groups were more responsive to changes in compression rate and subphase temperature and less stable than the corresponding opened epoxide- or ester-connected counterparts. Intramolecular (and possibly also intermolecular) attractive hydrogen-bond interactions between the amide connectors are proposed as the reason for this behavior.
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