ATRP synthesis and association properties of thermoresponsive anionic block copolymers
ATRP synthesis and association properties of thermoresponsive anionic block copolymers
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温敏性阴离子嵌段共聚物的ATRP合成及缔合性能
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2008
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V. Crescenzi
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G. Masci;M. Diociaiuti;V. Crescenzi
Thermosensitive anionic block copolymers of sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate (AMPS) and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM) with different block lengths were prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Controlled polymerization was achieved by using ethyl 2-chloropropionate (ECP) as initiator and CuCl/CuCl2/tris(2-dimethylaminoethyl)amine (Me6TREN) catalytic system in DMF:water 50:50 (v/v) mixtures at 20 °C. Blocks lengths ranging from 36 to 98 repeating units were obtained. The association properties in aqueous solutions at different NaCl ionic strengths were studied as a function of temperature and polymer concentration by dynamic light scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy, and energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy. The block copolymers with a higher pNIPAAM/pAMPS ratio formed spherical core-shell type micelles independently of the ionic strength. The block copolymers with lower pNIPAAM/pAMPS ratio formed core-shell type micelles at high ionic strength. Larger particles were observed at low ionic strength, which could be due to the formation of vesicles or compound micelles/micellar clusters. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 4830–4842, 2008