glycol)-b-polyethyleneimine was abbreviated as mPEG-PEI
in this paper. mPEG-PEI was prepared according to the method previously
described in the literature.53 −55 (link) In this work, the relative optimized
feed molar ratio of the mPEG and PEI was about 1:1. Briefly, PEI (336
mg) and mPEG-NHS (336 mg) were separately dissolved in 10 mL of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), and then mPEG-NHS
solution was added dropwise to the PEI solution and stirred at 50
°C. After 24 h, the reaction solution was dialyzed (MWCO 3.5
kDa) against distilled water for 2 days and finally lyophilized and
kept at 2–8 °C until used in the subsequent reaction.
The final product was a white solid that was characterized by 1H NMR. The 1H NMR spectrum of the mPEG-PEI was
obtained on a Bruker AVANCE NEO 300 MHz spectrometer using D2O as the solvent.