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    Pentablok kopolimer bazlı yeni bir ince film kompozit nanofiltrasyon membranı geliştirilmesi
    (2018) Mallapragada, Surya K.; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide
    Dıs uyarıcılara tepki veren membranlar, farklı uygulamalarda kirlenmenin önlenmesi ve seçiciligin düzenlenmesi için kullanılmaktadır. Ince film kompozit membranlar genellikle bir uyarıcıya tepki veren monomerin yüzeyde polimerizasyonu veya uyarıcıya tepki veren bir polimerin yüzeye kaplanması ile üretilmektedir. Dıs etkilere duyarlılık, polimerin pH, sıcaklık ve iyonik kuvvet gibi dıs ortamdaki degisiklikler sonucunda kütle transferi ve ara yüzey özelliklerindeki degisikliklerden kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu çalısmada orta blok olarak sıcaklıga duyarlı Pluronik F127 (PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO) ve uç bloklar olarak pH'a cevap veren poli(N, N- (dietilamino) etil metakrilat) (PDEAEM) içeren bir pentablok kopolimer (PBC) yeni bir ince film kompozit (TFC) nanofiltrasyon membranının gelistirilmesi için kullanılmıstır. Kompozit membranın destek katmanı, polisülfon/sülfonlanmıs polietersülfon karısımı ile çözücü olmayan faz ayrımı yöntemi ile hazırlanmıs, PBC elektrostatik etkilesim yoluyla destege tutturulmustur. Yüzeye tutunan PBC zincirlerinin konformasyonu, adsorpsiyon çalısmaları ve X ray photoelektron spektroskopisi (XPS) karakterizasyonu ile tespit edilmistir. PDEAEM blok uzunlugu, kopolimer konsantrasyonu ve adsorpsiyon süresinin adsorbe olan PBC miktarı üzerine olan etkileri arastırılmıstır. Incelenen üç kopolimer numunesi (15, 20 ve 25 kDa) arasında pH ve sıcaklıga karsı en fazla cevabı 25 kDa?lık polimer örnegi verdiginden daha sonraki çalısmalarda bu örnekle hazırlanmıs membranların seçicilik ve kirlenme potansiyelleri belirlenmistir. pH ve sıcaklıgın membranın yapısı ve seçiciligi üzerindeki etkileri, saf su akısı ölçümleri ile nötr bilesiklerin membranlar tarafından itilme düzeylerinden gözenek boyutundaki degisimin belirlenmesi ile incelenmistir. Diger taraftan membranların pH ve sıcaklık duyarlılıgının kirlenme potansiyeli üzerindeki etkileri model kirletici olarak seçilen sıgır serum albumini, aljinat ve E coli ?nin filtrasyonu sonucu akılardaki azalma düzeylerine göre degerlendirilmistir. Membranlar SEM, AFM, temas açısı, XPS ve zeta potansiyeli ölçümleri ile karakterize edilmistir. Bu çalısmada pH ve sıcaklıga duyarlı, yüksek akıya sahip, yeni bir ince film kompozit nanofiltrasyon membranı üretilebilecegi gösterilmistir.
  • Conference Object
    Development of Functional Materials for Sirna Delivery and Neural Tissue Engineering
    (AIChE, 2015) Uz, Metin; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Mallapragada, Surya K.
    The current nonviral siRNA delivery systems in the literature face many problems such as, cellular entry, endosomal escape and efficient siRNA release. Considering this motive, we developed gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and temperature/pH responsive pentablock copolymer based siRNA delivery systems to address these problems. The temperature and pH responsive cationic and amphiphilic pentablock copolymers, which were consisted of the temperature responsive Pluronic F127 middle block constructed by PEO-PPO-PEO ((poly(ethyleneoxide)-block-poly(propyleneoxide)-block-poly(ethyleneoxide))) blocks contributing cellular entry through temperature responsive micellization and pH responsive cationic PDEAEM (poly(2-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate)) end blocks facilitating nucleic acid condensation and endosomal escape, were used for the first time in the development of polyplex and AuNP based multicomponent siRNA delivery systems (MCSs). The results indicated that systems managed to protect siRNA from external effects, maintain the system stability, facilitate cellular entry and enhance endosomal escape. It was noted that the transfection efficiency of the MCSs, which were boosted by the presence of cleavable disulfide bond, was ~15% higher than the commercial product RNAiMax while the efficacy of polyplexes alone were similar to the RNAiMax.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 17
    Citation - Scopus: 18
    Crystallization of Poly(vinyl Alcohol) During Solvent Removal: Infrared Characterization and Mathematical Modeling
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2007) Wong, Sim-Siong; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Mallapragada, Surya K.
    Crystallization of semicrystalline polymer films during drying has a significant effect on the rate of solvent removal. Understanding and controlling the crystallization kinetics is important in controlling residual solvent levels and drying kinetics. The degree of crystallinity of the poly(vinyl alcohol) films during multicomponent drying was investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The 1141 cm-1 band is sensitive to the degree of crystallinity of the polymer and the growth of intensity of this band was monitored as drying progressed. The results from the FTIR studies were comparable to the results obtained from differential scanning calorimetry. Studies were conducted to test the effect of initial solvent composition (water-methanol mixture), drying temperature, and polymer molecular weight on the rate of crystallization and the final crystallinity of the films. An increase in initial methanol composition increased the crystallization rate but did not affect the final degree of crystallinity. An increase in drying temperature and decrease in polymer molecular weight increased the rate of crystallization as well as the final degree of crystallinity. Based on the experimental data, rate constants for crystallization kinetics were extracted from our previously developed model based on free volume theory. The experimental data and the simulation results showed good agreement. The ability of the free volume theory to illustrate the crystallization behavior validated the model and improved its capability.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 26
    Citation - Scopus: 27
    Understanding the Effect of Skin Formation on the Removal of Solvents From Semicrystalline Polymers
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2005) Wong, Sim-Siong; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Mallapragada, Surya K.
    The effect of glassy skin formation on the drying of semicrystalline polymers was investigated with a comprehensive mathematical model developed for multicomponent systems. Polymers with high glass-transition temperatures can become rubbery at room temperature under the influence of solvents. As the solvents are removed from the polymer, a glassy skin can form and continue to develop. The model takes into account the effects of diffusion-induced polymer crystallization as well as glassy-rubbery transitions on the overall solvent content and polymer crystallinity. A Vrentas-Duda free-volume-based diffusion scheme and crystallization kinetics were used in our model. The polymer-solvent system chosen was a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-water-methanol system. The drying kinetics of PVA films were obtained by gravimetric methods with swollen films with known water/methanol concentrations. The overall drying behaviors of the polymer system determined by our model and experimental methods were compared and found to match well.