Synthesis and Fluorescent Properties of Biodegradable Hyperbranched Poly(amido amine)s

Wen Yang; Cai-Yuan Pan

doi:10.1002/marc.200900482

Synthesis and Fluorescent Properties of Biodegradable Hyperbranched Poly(amido amine)s

Macromol Rapid Commun. 2009 Dec 16;30(24):2096-101. doi: 10.1002/marc.200900482. Epub 2009 Nov 4.

Authors

Wen Yang¹, Cai-Yuan Pan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction & Material Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230009 P. R. China.

PMID: 21638500
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900482

Abstract

Disulfide-functionalized hyperbranched poly(amido amine)s (HPAMAMs) were synthesized by Michael addition polymerization of N,N'-cystaminebisacrylamide and 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine. The novel HPAMAMs displayed bright fluorescence, and the emissions bands cover nearly the whole visible wavelength range. When polymer solutions were excited at 330-385, 460-490, and 510-550 nm, blue, green, and red solutions were observed, respectively. The HPAMAMs are biodegradable and they can be easily cleaved by 2-mercaptoethanol or glutathione, leading to a decrease in the fluorescence intensity. Studies of applications of the biocompatible and biodegradable HPAMAMs in fluorescence imaging technology and biological science are in progress.