Polymer synthesis for corona phase molecular recognition based on single-walled carbon nanotubes

Current work within Strano Research Group shows that single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) wrapped with methacrylic acid-styrene heteropolymer (MA-ST) can be used for specific corona phase molecular recognition (CoPhMoRe) of Vardenafil, a small molecule drug. This project is a follow-up study on viability of related polymers for CoPhMoRe sensing of five small molecule drugs: Fluticasone, Sumatriptan, Valacyclovir, Vardenafil, and Bupropion. Methacrylic acid-vinylphenylboronic acid (MA-VBA) heteropolymer and acrylic acid-styrene (AA-ST) heteropolymer were synthesized at different monomer ratios and chain lengths. These polymers were suspended with the carbon nanotubes and screened against the five drugs. The (12,1) chirality of MA-VBA-4 and (7,5) chirality of AA-ST-2 were found to be potential candidates for sensing of Fluticasone and Vardenafil respectively. However, MA-ST 8 remains as the superior choice for the specific sensing of Vardenafil.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Sun, Jessica H

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Michael S. Strano.

• Materials Science and Engineering.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119068

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/119068