Cristina Venturini

Dr. Cristina Venturini


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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 November 2015 in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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CVCristina Venturini
Cristina Venturini
FBFranciele Aline Bruinsmann
Franciele Aline Bruinsmann
RCRenata V. Contri
Renata V. Contri
FFFrancisco N. Fonseca
Francisco N. Fonseca
LUIZA ABRAHAO FRANKLUIZA ABRAHAO FRANK
LUIZA ABRAHAO FRANK
SGSilvia Guterres
Silvia Guterres

15 July 2015 in RSC Advances
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SPSvetlana Petrova
Svetlana Petrova
CVCristina Venturini
Cristina Venturini
AJA. Jäger
A. Jäger
EJE. Jäger
E. Jäger
Martin HrubyMartin Hruby
Martin Hruby
PŠP. Štěpánek
P. Štěpánek
Nonlinear amphiphilic block copolymer architectures with precisely controlled structures bring new challenges to biomedical materials research. The paper describes the straightforward synthesis of new “snake tongue“ Y-shaped terpolymers containing poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEtOx) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) blocks into structure [AB(C)2] (herein referred to as [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×44], [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×87], [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×131]). A series of well-defined Y-shaped terpolymers were successfully synthesised by a combination of living cationic and anionic ring-opening polymerization (ROP). The selected Y-shaped [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×44] terpolymer self-assembly was characterised in detail by static and dynamic light scattering, nanoparticle tracking analysis and cryo-transmission electron microscopy. The physico-chemical properties as well as the molecular architecture effect on the self-assembled structures and on the LCST were compared with the Y-shaped [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×87] and the [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×131] terpolymers. The results indicated a temperature-induced aggregation with an LCST between 60–63 °C for the [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×44], at 60 °C for the [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×87] and between 45–50 °C for the [MPEO44-b-PEtOx252-b-(PCL)2×131] with significant differences in the supramolecular self-assembly behaviour compared with the analogous linear structure, clearly indicating the crucial effect of the molecular architecture. Furthermore, the increase of the molecular weight fraction of the hydrophobic block on the Y-shaped triblock terpolymers likely induced a decrease of the LCST.