Enhancement of entrapping ability of dendrimers by a cubic silsesquioxane core

Org Biomol Chem. 2008 Nov 7;6(21):3899-901. doi: 10.1039/b812349g. Epub 2008 Sep 29.

Abstract

We report that a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) core can enhance the entrapping ability of dendrimers. Compared to the G2 PAMAM dendrimer, the G2 POSS-core dendrimer can entrap a larger amount of guest molecules without loss of affinity, and consequently, the water solubility of the entrapped guest molecules can be increased. In addition, we demonstrated that a fluorophore entrapped in the G2 POSS-core dendrimer was prevented from undergoing fluorescence photobleaching.

MeSH terms

  • Dendrimers / chemistry*
  • Organosilicon Compounds / chemistry*
  • Rhodamines / chemistry
  • Solubility
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Temperature
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Dendrimers
  • Organosilicon Compounds
  • Rhodamines
  • polyhedraloligosilsesquioxane
  • rhodamine 6G
  • Water