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Biomass Fundamentals Modules 19 : Higher Order Functionality in Biomass: Surface Active Materials. A capstone course for BioSUCCEED : Bio products S ustainability: a U niversity C ooperative C enter of E xcellence in ED ucation.
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Biomass FundamentalsModules 19: Higher Order Functionality in Biomass:Surface Active Materials A capstone course for BioSUCCEED: BioproductsSustainability: a University Cooperative Center of Excellence in EDucation The USDA Higher Education Challenge Grants program gratefully acknowledged for support
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Article of Interest for Discussion • “Comparison of the Leakage of Carboxyfluorescein from Symmetric and Asymmetric-Acyl Chain Phospatidylcholine Vesicles” – Wiedmann, Timothy S.; Salmon, A.; Perkins, Walter R. Pharm. Res.1993, 10, 147-151. • http://springer.metapress.com/content/jm857702236gu462/fulltext.pdf
Building blocks for containers: amphiphiles Surfactant Tail Surfactant Head Surfactant Monomers Micelle
Structure of a Vesicle • Amphiphiles used to make it • Grossly – bilayer structure versus micelle • Unilamellar sphere (SLV) vs MLV (multilamellar) • Hydrophilic core & bulk • Sandwich is hydrophobic
Vesicles as containers • Modify them by employing amphiphiles that moderate permeability • Use symmetric & asymmetric amphiphiles • Make mixed chain, partial interdigitated bilayer
DSC profiles for vesicles (multilamellar) Multilamellar dispersions • High sensitivity DSC • 20/hr scan rate • Gel-to-liquid crystalline transitions different • Mean diameters = 22090 nm & 210 85 nm for 16/16 PC & 20/12/ PC, respectively Extruded dispersions 20/12 PC 16/16 PC
Time dependence of guest release • Leakiness originates from gel-to-liquid transitions • Carboxyfluorescein is the guest molecule • In the 16/16 PC (circles), there is more release than 20/12 PC (squares) 42C 48C
Release of guest (carboxyfluorescein) as a function of temperature • In 20/12 PC, there is little correlation between % release and temperature (closed circles) • In 16/16 PC, there is definite dependency on T