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Probing the Nanoscopic Thermodynamic Fingerprint of Paramagnetic Ligands Interacting with Amphiphilic Macromolecules.

ABSTRACT: Self-assembly of macromolecules with ligands is an intricate dynamic process that depends on a wide variety of parameters and forms the basis of many essential biological processes. We elucidate the underlying energetic processes of self-assembly in a model system consisting of amphiphilic core-shell polymers interacting with paramagnetic, amphiphilic ligand molecules from temperature-dependent continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW EPR) spectroscopy subsequent to spectral simulation. The involved processes as observed from the ligands' point of view are either based on temperature-dependent association constants (K_A,j,k) or dynamic rotational regime interconversion (IC) constants (K_IC,j,k). The interconversion process describes a transition from Brownian (b?) towards free (b?) diffusion of ligand. Both processes exhibit non-linear van't Hoff (lnK vs. T^-1) plots in the temperature range of liquid water and we retrieve decisive dynamic information of the system from the energetic fingerprints of ligands on the nanoscale, especially from the temperature-dependent interconversion heat capacity (?C°_P,IC).

SUBMITTER: Reichenwallner J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6418530 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Probing the Nanoscopic Thermodynamic Fingerprint of Paramagnetic Ligands Interacting with Amphiphilic Macromolecules.

Reichenwallner Jörg J Schwieger Christian C Hinderberger Dariush D

Polymers 20170731 8

Self-assembly of macromolecules with ligands is an intricate dynamic process that depends on a wide variety of parameters and forms the basis of many essential biological processes. We elucidate the underlying energetic processes of self-assembly in a model system consisting of amphiphilic core-shell polymers interacting with paramagnetic, amphiphilic ligand molecules from temperature-dependent continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW EPR) spectroscopy subsequent to spectral simulatio ...[more]

PMID: 30971002

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Probing the Nanoscopic Thermodynamic Fingerprint of Paramagnetic Ligands Interacting with Amphiphilic Macromolecules.

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Probing the Nanoscopic Thermodynamic Fingerprint of Paramagnetic Ligands Interacting with Amphiphilic Macromolecules.

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