Synthesis and self‐assembly study of zwitterionic amphiphilic derivatives of chitosan
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Abstract
ABSTRACT New zwitterionic derivatives of chitosan (CH) were synthesized through the Michael addition reaction of 1‐(3‐sulfopropyl)‐2‐vinylpyridine hydroxide (SPP) with primary amines of deacetylated CHs (with weight‐average molecular weights of 46 and 216 kDa) to obtain SPP‐substituted CHs. The hydrophilic derivatives were subsequently modified with 2.1, 4.6, and 9.7% of dodecyl groups [degree of substitution by dodecyl groups (DS Dod )]. The SPP‐substituted CH derivatives were characterized by 1 H‐NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and gel permeation chromatography. Aqueous solutions of SPP‐substituted CH samples remained clear, independently of the pH (3.0 < pH < 12.0). The self‐association study of the amphiphilic derivatives was performed in aqueous buffered solution at pH 5.0 and 7.4, and the critical aggregation concentration values varied from 5.6 × 10 −3 to 0.02 g/L. The measurements of dynamic light scattering and ζ potentials showed that the self‐assembly behavior was dependent on the pH and DS Dod . At pH 7.4, the measured ζ potentials were near zero, and colloidal stability was provided by the hydrated zwitterionic shell of the aggregates. Transmission electron microscopy revealed spherelike microsized particles of broad distribution. The amphiphilic SPP‐substituted CH samples were shown to be nontoxic with a 3‐(4,5‐dimethylthiazol‐2‐yl)‐2,5‐diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay performed with HeLa cells. The remarkable water solubility and nontoxicity displayed by the new SPP‐substituted CH derivatives showed promising properties for the design of CH‐based biomaterials and nanoparticles. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133 , 44176.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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