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764752

Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-block-poly(lactide-co-glycolide)

PEG average Mn 5,000, PLGA Mn 55,000

Synonym(s):

PEG-PLGA, Polyethylene glycol, mPEG-b-PLGA, mPEG-b-PLGA

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Linear Formula:
H[(C3H4O2)x(C2H2O2)y]mO[C2H4O]nCH3
NACRES:
NA.23
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
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description

typical PEG PDI < 1.1; overall PDI < 2.5

Quality Level

form

pellets

feed ratio

lactide:glycolide 50:50

mol wt

PEG average Mn 5,000, PLGA Mn 55,000, average Mn 60,000 (total)

degradation timeframe

1-4 weeks

transition temp

Tg 10 °C(lit.), Tm 254-259 °C

PDI

<1.2

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Amphiphilic block copolymers (AmBC) are made up of two chemically different homopolymer blocks. One of the block is hydrophilic and the other one is hydrophobic. These macromolecules have the properties to self-assemble when dissolved in an aqueous media. PEG-PLGA is one the most commonly used biodegradable amphiphilic block copolymers for drug delivery applications. PEG is the hydrophilic part and PLGA is the hydrophobic part.

Application

Used in the synthesis of targeted nanoparticles which are used for differential delivery and controlled release of drugs.

Features and Benefits

  • Good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity and good degradability.
  • Properties can be easily modulated by changing the block copolymer segment sizes to suit a particular application.


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Thermosensitive self-assembling block copolymers as drug delivery systems
Bonacucina, G., Cespi, M., Mencarelli, G., Giorgioni, G., &amp; Palmieri, G. F.
Polymers (Basel, Switzerland), 3(2), 779-811 (2011)
Hunter Bachman et al.
Lab on a chip, 20(7), 1238-1248 (2020-02-28)
Whether reagents and samples need to be combined to achieve a desired reaction, or precise concentrations of solutions need to be mixed and delivered downstream, thorough mixing remains a critical step in many microfluidics-based biological and chemical assays and analyses.
Frank Gu et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(7), 2586-2591 (2008-02-15)
There has been progressively heightened interest in the development of targeted nanoparticles (NPs) for differential delivery and controlled release of drugs. Despite nearly three decades of research, approaches to reproducibly formulate targeted NPs with the optimal biophysicochemical properties have remained