title: Aqueous sols of oligo(ethylene glycol) surface decorated polydiacetylene vesicles for colorimetric detection of Pb 2+.
abstract: A series of ethylene glycol (EG), triethylene glycol (3EG) and pentaethylene glycol (5EG) esters of 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid (PCDA) are synthesized. The glycol ester lipids can be hydrated and well dispersed in water but they cannot form polydiacetylenes upon UV irradiation. They however can be mixed with PCDA up to 30 mol% and polymerized to form blue sols. The mixed polydiacetylene sols show blue to red thermochromic transition with two-stepped transition temperatures. The first transition temperature decreases with the increase of the glycol ester content as well as the length of their chains indicating greater fluidity of the self-assembled structure due to less collaborative hydrogen bonding among the lipid head groups. These mixed polydiacetylene sol prepared from 30 mol% of the penta(ethylene glycol) ester show linear colorimetric response selectively to Pb(2+) in the range of 5-30 μM.
authors.affiliation: Program of Petrochemical and Polymer Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narkwiboonwong
authors.forename: Gamolwan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tumcharern
authors.forename: Anupat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Potisatityuenyong
authors.forename: Sumrit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wacharasindhu
authors.forename: Mongkol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sukwattanasinitt
mesh_terms: D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000737:chemistry; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D000078789:Polyacetylene Polymer; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D053279:Polyynes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: C493048:10, 12-pentacosadiynoic acid; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D000078789:Polyacetylene Polymer; D011108:Polymers; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014867:Water; D053279:Polyynes; C082361:polydiacetylene; D007854:Lead; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols