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 - CONF A1 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Controlled self-assembly of Janus dendrimers via microfluidics N2 - Vesicles self-assembled in water from natural and synthetic phospholipids (liposomes), amphiphilic block copolymers (polymersomes), and more recently amphiphilic Janus dendrimers (dendrimersomes) -5 as hollow soft structures in the nano size regime have attracted increasing interest as they can mimic primitive and contemporary biological membranes, and can be configured into biomimetic nanocapsules with application in nanomedicine such as gene, proteins and drug carriers or theranostics. Compared to other amphiphilic structures, the molecular structure of Janus dendrimers can be precisely controlled: by using the vast range of tools from organic chemistry their size, architecture, density, generation as well as the number of end groups of the individual dendrons can be modified as desired. Unfortunately, the controlled production of the supramolecular aggregates made thereof is still a challenging task. Conventional batch-based techniques such as the solvent injection method or the film hydration method typically go along with a lack of control over mixing and thus over size, morphology and size distribution. The micromixer technology is a promising method for the controlled preparation of supramolecular assemblies as it allows control of mixing at microscale level. In addition, such microfluidic systems benefit from a high mixing efficiency, a low mixing time as well as from a reproducible and continuous synthesis. Herein, we report on the microfluidic-controlled self-assembly of Janus dendrimers as dendrimersomes and the impact of the mixing parameters on the self-assembly process. T2 - 11th Young Scientists' Workshop, Fraunhofer ICT-IMM CY - Mainz, Germany DA - 27.09.2017 KW - Vesicles KW - Dendrimersomes KW - Micromixer PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42479 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Bertin, Annabelle T1 - Vesicles from amphiphilic dumbbells and Janus dendrimers: bioinspired self-assembled structures for biomedical applications 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 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-418245 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 - Bertin, Annabelle A1 - Taabache, Soraya A1 - Maskos, M. T1 - Controlled self-assembly of Janus dendrimers via microfluidics N2 - Vesicles self-assembled in water from natural and synthetic phospholipids (liposomes), amphiphilic block copolymers (polymersomes), and more recently amphiphilic Janus dendrimers (dendrimersomes) as hollow soft structures in the nano size regime have attracted increasing interest as they can mimic primitive and contemporary biological membranes, and can be configured into biomimetic nanocapsules with application in nanomedicine such as gene, proteins and drug carriers or theranostics. Compared to other amphiphilic structures, the molecular structure of Janus dendrimers can be precisely controlled: by using the vast range of tools from organic chemistry their size, architecture, density, generation as well as the number of end groups of the individual dendrons can be modified as desired. Unfortunately, the controlled production of the supramolecular aggregates made thereof is still a challenging task. Conventional batch-based techniques such as the solvent injection method or the film hydration method typically go along with a lack of control over mixing and thus over size, morphology and size distribution. The micromixer technology is a promising method for the controlled preparation of supramolecular assemblies as it allows control of mixing at microscale level. In addition, such microfluidic systems benefit from a high mixing efficiency, a low mixing time as well as from a reproducible and continuous synthesis. Herein, we report on the microfluidic-controlled self-assembly of Janus dendrimers as dendrimersomes and the impact of the mixing parameters on the self-assembly process. T2 - 6th Annual workshop on biomaterials and their interactions with biological and model membranes 2017 CY - Altafulla, Spain DA - 07.09.2017 KW - Janus dendrimers KW - Dendrimersomes KW - Microfluidic PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41903 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -