Molecular Weight Determination by Luminescent Chemo–enzymatics
- 16 December 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in ChemistrySelect
- Vol. 1 (21) , 6818-6822
Abstract
A novel methodology for the determination of the number‐average molecular weight ( M w ) of linear, branched and crosslinked polymers is disclosed. The method relies on chemo‐enzymatic‐triggered fluorescence of dormant CdTe polymer‐caged quantum dots synthesised in supercritical carbon dioxide. Polyurea (PURE) dendrimers (G1, G4, G5 and G6) are presented as a case study using the enzyme urease but the protocol is applicable to other synthetic and natural polymers. Simple, versatile and accurate, luminescent chemo‐enzymatics is a low cost alternative to conventional techniques ( e. g . GPC/SEC, MALDI‐TOF).Keywords
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