Completely Dispersible PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles under Physiological Conditions: Modification of Gold Nanoparticles with Precisely Controlled PEG-b-polyamine
- 4 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Langmuir
- Vol. 24 (9), 5010-5017
- https://doi.org/10.1021/la703813f
Abstract
A novel water-soluble, biocompatible polymer, poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly((2-N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PEG-b-PAMA), possessing controlled molecular weight with a narrow molecular weight distribution, was synthesized by the atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) method. PEG-b-PAMA having a short PAMA chain length was successfully synthesized under suitable polymerization conditions. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were modified using PEG-b-PAMA prepared under a variety of PEGylation conditions. Under alkaline conditions (pH >10) and an [N]/[GNP] ratio of more than 3300, the PEGylated GNPs (PEG-GNPs) showed complete dispersion stability, avoiding coagulation. The amino groups of the PAMA segment of the block copolymers were completely deprotonated above pH 10. This means that PEG-b-PAMA interacted with the GNP surface via multipoint coordination of the tertiary amino groups of PAMA, not electrostatically. The effect of the number of amino groups in the PAMA segment on GNP surface modifications was investigated by zeta potential and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements. When the PEG-GNPs were prepared in excess polymer solution, almost the same diameter was observed regardless of the PAMA chain length. After the PEG-GNPs were purified by centrifugation, the zeta potentials of all PEG-GNPs were shielded to almost 0 mV, indicating the effective modifications of the GNP surface by PEG-b-PAMA regardless of the chain length. However, the particle size and particle size distribution of the purified PEG-GNPs were strongly affected by the PAMA chain length. PEG-GNPs with longer PAMA segments underwent coagulation after purification, whereas PEG-GNPs with shorter PAMA segments increased their dispersion stability. The experimental results of the thermal gravimetric analysis confirmed that the PEG density on the GNP surface increased as the AMA units decreased to 3. Thus, the dispersion stability depended significantly on the PEG density on the GNP surface. GNPs modified with PEG-b-PAMA having short AMA units showed excellent dispersion stability under a variety of pH conditions. The excellent dispersion stability of the obtained PEG-GNP was also confirmed both in bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution and 95% human serum.Keywords
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