Issue 56, 2018, Issue in Progress

Electrolyte and pH-sensitive amphiphilic alginate: synthesis, self-assembly and controlled release of acetamiprid

Abstract

In this study, a pH-responsive amphiphilic alginate (Ugi-Alg) was synthesized via Ugi reaction without using a catalyst. The structure of Ugi-Alg was confirmed by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Amphiphilic alginate can form micelles in an aqueous medium due to it's amphiphilic nature.. The impacts of Na+ concentration and pH on the micelle size were characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The dynamic light scattering observations showed that micelle size increases with the decrease in Na+ concentration in aqueous solution. However, the micelle size decreases first and then increases as the pH value decreases from 5.3 to 2.0. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed that the mean size of micelles is 30–200 nm. In addition, a model hydrophobic pesticide (acetamiprid) was loaded in the micelles. The encapsulation efficiency and release behavior of micelles were studied, which could be controlled by Na+ concentration and pH. The results indicated that encapsulation efficiency of acetamiprid increases from 55% to 96% due to the increase in Na+ concentration from 0.01 M to 0.3 M. Moreover, with the decrease in pH from 5.3 to 2.0, encapsulation efficiency increases from 55% to 80%. Furthermore, the data of acetamiprid release kinetics could be well-fitted by the Weibull model.

Graphical abstract: Electrolyte and pH-sensitive amphiphilic alginate: synthesis, self-assembly and controlled release of acetamiprid

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jun 2018
Accepted
26 Aug 2018
First published
18 Sep 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 32193-32199

Electrolyte and pH-sensitive amphiphilic alginate: synthesis, self-assembly and controlled release of acetamiprid

Y. Tang, K. Chen, J. Li, Y. Feng, G. Yu, L. Wang, X. Zhao, Y. Peng and Q. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 32193 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA05503C

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