PMID- 35566984 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220716 IS - 2073-4360 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4360 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 9 DP - 2022 Apr 29 TI - Eu(3+)- and Tb(3+)-Based Coordination Complexes of Poly(N-Isopropyl,N-methylacrylamide-stat-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) Copolymer: Synthesis, Characterization and Property. LID - 10.3390/polym14091815 [doi] LID - 1815 AB - This contribution reports the syntheses, structural analyses and properties of europium (Eu(3+))- and terbium (Tb(3+))-based coordination complexes of poly(N-isopropyl,N-methylacrylamide-stat-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (poly(iPMAm-stat-DMAm)) copolymer, named as poly-Eu(III) and poly-Tb(III), respectively. In greater detail, poly(iPMAm(85)-stat-DMAm(15)) is first prepared by random copolymerization of N-isopropyl,N-methylacrylamide (iPMAm) and N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAm) via group transfer polymerization (GTP). Next, poly(iPMAm(85)-stat-DMAm(15)) is used as the polymer matrix for chelating with Eu(3+) and Tb(3+) cations at its side amide groups, to produce poly-Eu(III) and poly-Tb(III). Their structural characterizations by FT-IR spectroscopy and XPS confirm the formation of polymeric complexes. The study on their fluorescence emission characteristics and luminescence lifetime demonstrates that Poly-Eu(III) shows four strong emission peaks at 578, 593, 622, and 651 nm, which are responsible for the electron transitions from the excited (5)D(0) state to the multiplet (7)F(J) (J = 0, 1, 2, 3) states, respectively, and poly-Tb(III) also displays four emission peaks at 489, 545, 588, and 654 nm, mainly due to the electron transitions of (5)D(4) --> (7)F(i) (i = 6, 5, 4, 3). The luminescence lifetimes of poly-Eu(III) (tau(poly-Eu(III))) and poly-Tb(III) (tau(poly-Tb(III))) are determined to be 4.57 and 7.50 ms, respectively. In addition, in aqueous solutions, poly-Eu(III) and poly-Tb(III) are found to exhibit thermoresponsivity, with their cloud temperatures (T(c)s) locating around 36.4 and 36.8 degrees C, respectively. Finally, the cytotoxicity study on the human colon carcinoma cells LoVo and DLD1 suggests that the luminescent Eu(3+) and Tb(3+) in the chelated state with poly(iPMAm-stat-DMAm) show much better biocompatibility and lower toxicity than their inorganic salts. FAU - Li, Jian AU - Li J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1978-9438 AD - Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. AD - College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. FAU - Cui, Guihua AU - Cui G AD - Department of Chemistry, Jilin Medical University, Jilin 132013, China. FAU - Bi, Siyuan AU - Bi S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5597-6751 AD - Shenzhen Huizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518102, China. FAU - Cui, Xu AU - Cui X AD - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China. FAU - Li, Yanhui AU - Li Y AD - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China. FAU - Duan, Qian AU - Duan Q AD - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China. FAU - Kakuchi, Toyoji AU - Kakuchi T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9668-1442 AD - School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China. AD - Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan. FAU - Chen, Yougen AU - Chen Y AD - Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. LA - eng GR - No. 000215/Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen University/ GR - No. JCYJ20190808154011907/Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Grant/ GR - No. 2017GC010440/Pearl River Talents Plan of Guangdong Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220429 PL - Switzerland TA - Polymers (Basel) JT - Polymers JID - 101545357 PMC - PMC9100629 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cell viability OT - fluorescent property OT - group transfer polymerization OT - rare earth complexes OT - thermoresponsive COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/15 06:01 PMCR- 2022/04/29 CRDT- 2022/05/14 01:28 PHST- 2022/04/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/14 01:28 [entrez] PHST- 2022/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - polym14091815 [pii] AID - polymers-14-01815 [pii] AID - 10.3390/polym14091815 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Polymers (Basel). 2022 Apr 29;14(9):1815. doi: 10.3390/polym14091815.