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Intrinsic Fluorescence of PAMAM Dendrimers-Quenching Studies.

ABSTRACT: Intrinsic, non-traditional fluorescence of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers that do not possess classical fluorophores has been attracting considerable interest for the last decade. Many hypotheses regarding the source of the fluorescence have appeared, but some of them are still disputable. In order to shed new light on the nature of the phenomenon, we applied quenchers that are normally used to study intrinsic fluorescence of proteins (i.e., KI, CsCl, and acrylamide). KI and acrylamide efficiently quenched steady state fluorescence of PAMAM G2, PAMAM G3, and PAMAM G4 dendrimers. Stern-Volmer plots exhibited a downward curvature that has been elucidated by heterogenous emission. We assume that there are two distinct fluorescent moieties in the dendrimer structure that are characterized by different accessibility to the quenchers.

SUBMITTER: Konopka M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6415388 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intrinsic Fluorescence of PAMAM Dendrimers-Quenching Studies.

Konopka Malgorzata M Janaszewska Anna A Klajnert-Maculewicz Barbara B

Polymers 20180517 5

Intrinsic, non-traditional fluorescence of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers that do not possess classical fluorophores has been attracting considerable interest for the last decade. Many hypotheses regarding the source of the fluorescence have appeared, but some of them are still disputable. In order to shed new light on the nature of the phenomenon, we applied quenchers that are normally used to study intrinsic fluorescence of proteins (i.e., KI, CsCl, and acrylamide). KI and acrylamide effici ...[more]

PMID: 30966574

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