TY - JOUR A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Bertin, Annabelle T1 - Vesicles from amphiphilic dumbbells and Janus dendrimers: bioinspired self-assembled structures for biomedical applications JF - Polymers N2 - The current review focuses on vesicles obtained from the self-assembly of two types of dendritic macromolecules, namely amphiphilic Janus dendrimers (forming dendrimersomes) and amphiphilic dumbbells. In the first part, we will present some synthetic strategies and the various building blocks that can be used to obtain dendritic-based macromolecules, thereby showing their structural versatility. We put our focus on amphiphilic Janus dendrimers and amphiphilic dumbbells that form vesicles in water but we also encompass vesicles formed thereof in organic solvents. The second part of this review deals with the production methods of these vesicles at the nanoscale but also at the microscale. Furthermore, the influence of various parameters (intrinsic to the amphiphilic JD and extrinsic—from the environment) on the type of vesicle formed will be discussed. In the third part, we will review the numerous biomedical applications of these vesicles of nano- or micron-size. KW - Janus dendrimers KW - Amphiphilic dumbbells KW - Self-assembled structures KW - Dendrimersomes KW - Artificial cells PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-418245 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9070280 SN - 2073-4360 VL - 9 IS - 7 SP - Article 280, 1 EP - 36 AN - OPUS4-41824 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Thiermann, Raphael A1 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Development of a New Series of Dendritic Amphiphiles and their Self-Assembling Behavior T2 - Polydays 2014: Beyond Self Assembly - Making Polymeric Materials More Versatile T2 - Polydays 2014: Beyond Self Assembly - Making Polymeric Materials More Versatile CY - Berlin, Technische Universität DA - 2014-09-30 PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-31691 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Thiermann, A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Studies on the Self-Assembling Behavior of a New Series of Dendritic Amphiphiles containing Newkome-Type Dendrons T2 - 3. International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 765 T2 - 3. International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 765 CY - Berlin FU DA - 2014-10-23 PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-32203 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Maskos, M. A1 - Bertin, Annabelle T1 - Self assembling dendritic amphiphiles containing Newkome-type dendrons: Synthesis and aggregation in aqueous media T2 - GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2015 T2 - GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2015 CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 2015-08-30 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-34032 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Microfluidic-Assisted Self-Assembly of Dendritic Amphiphiles N2 - The controlled production of supramolecular aggregates formed by the self-assembly of dendritic amphiphiles is of great interest owing to their potential application in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Dendritic amphiphiles as building blocks offer the advantage that their structure and size can be precisely tuned through organic synthesis. This synthetic flexibility enables the fine-tuning of the hydrophobic to hydrophilic ratio of the dendritic segments, which mainly controls the morphology of the self-assembled structures. A promising method for the controlled preparation of supramolecular assemblies is based on the use of micromixers.[5,6] Due to their mixing times in the range of milliseconds at the microscale level, the application of such microfluidic systems benefits from a high mixing efficiency, a low mixing time and a reproducible synthesis compared to conventional batch-based techniques such as the solvent injection method or the film hydration method. Herein, we report on the microfluidic-assisted self-assembly of several dendritic amphiphiles and the impact of the mixing parameters on the self-assembly process. T2 - Makromolekulares Kolloquium 2016 CY - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany DA - 24.02.2016 KW - Dendritic amphiphiles KW - Self-assembly KW - Dendrimersomes KW - Micromixer KW - Microfluidic PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-35477 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Self-assembly of dendritic amphiphiles in micromixer N2 - The self-assembly of dendritic amphiphiles in a micromixer-device was investigated. T2 - 10th Young Scientists' Workshop CY - Fraunhofer ICT-IMM, Mainz, Germany DA - 21.09.2016 KW - Dendrimersomes KW - Dendritic amphiphiles KW - Micromixer PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-39770 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hentrich, D. A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Brezesinski, G. A1 - Lange, Nele A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Kübel, C. A1 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Taubert, A. T1 - A dendritic amphiphile for efficient control of biomimetic calcium phosphate mineralization JF - Macromolecular Bioscience N2 - The phase behavior of a dendritic amphiphile containing a Newkome-type dendron as the hydrophilic moiety and a cholesterol unit as the hydrophobic segment is investigated at the air–liquid interface. The amphiphile forms stable monomolecular films at the air–liquid interface on different subphases. Furthermore, the mineralization of calcium Phosphate beneath the monolayer at different calcium and phosphate concentrations versus mineralization time shows that at low calcium and Phosphate concentrations needles form, whereas flakes and spheres dominate at higher concentrations. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and electron diffraction confirm the formation of calcium phosphate. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction confirm the predominant formation of octacalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite. The data also indicate that the final products form via a complex multistep reaction, including an association step, where nano-needles aggregate into larger flake-like objects. KW - Dendritic amphiphile KW - Calcium phosphate KW - Biomineralization PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201600524 SN - 1616-5187 SN - 1616-5195 VL - 17 IS - 8 SP - Article 1600524, 1 EP - 14 AN - OPUS4-41825 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -