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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Effect of the Cross-Linking Density on the Swelling and Rheological Behavior of Ester-Bridged β-Cyclodextrin Nanosponges.

Gjylije Hoti, Fabrizio Caldera, Claudio Cecone, Alberto Rubin Pedrazzo, Anastasia Anceschi, Silvia Lucia Appleton, Yousef Khazaei Monfared, Francesco Trotta

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gjylije HotiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0541-980X
Fabrizio CalderaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2581-0555
Claudio CeconeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2660-9522
Alberto Rubin PedrazzoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5239-7546
Anastasia AnceschiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.
Silvia Lucia AppletonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.
Yousef Khazaei MonfaredDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.
Francesco TrottaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.
University of Turin · ITTecnologie Avanzate (Italy) · IT

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Abstract

The cross-linking density influences the physicochemical properties of cyclodextrin-based nanosponges (CD-NSs). Although the effect of the cross-linker type and content on the NSs performance has been investigated, a detailed study of the cross-linking density has never been performed. In this contribution, nine ester-bridged NSs based on β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and different quantities of pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), used as a cross-linking agent in stoichiometric proportions of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 moles of PMDA for each mole of CD, were synthesized and characterized in terms of swelling and rheological properties. The results, from the swelling experiments, exploiting Flory-Rehner theory, and rheology, strongly showed a cross-linker content-dependent behavior. The study of cross-linking density allowed to shed light on the efficiency of the synthesis reaction methods. Overall, our study demonstrates that by varying the amount of cross-linking agent, the cross-linked structure of the NSs matrix can be controlled effectively. As PMDA βCD-NSs have emerged over the years as a highly versatile class of materials with potential applications in various fields, this study represents the first step towards a full understanding of the correlation between their structure and properties, which is a key requirement to effectively tune their synthesis reaction in view of any specific future application or industrial scale-up.

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cross-linking densityFlory–Rehner theoryrheologyswelling capacityβ-cyclodextrin nanosponges

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