“Schizophrenic” Micelles from Doubly Thermoresponsive Polysulfobetaine-b-poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) Diblock Copolymers
“Schizophrenic” Micelles from Doubly Thermoresponsive Polysulfobetaine-b-poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) Diblock Copolymers
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10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00356
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2017-05
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5.5
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N. Vishnevetskaya;Viet Hildebrand;Bart‐Jan Niebuur;I. Grillo;S. Filippov;A. Laschewsky;P. Müller‐Buschbaum;C. Papadakis
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N. Vishnevetskaya;Viet Hildebrand;Bart‐Jan Niebuur;I. Grillo;S. Filippov;A. Laschewsky;P. Müller‐Buschbaum;C. Papadakis
The 2-fold thermoresponsive diblock copolymer PSPP498-b-PNIPMAM144, which consists of a zwitterionic polysulfobetaine (PSPP) block and a nonionic poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) (PNIPMAM) block, is prepared by consecutive RAFT polymerizations. It combines the upper and lower critical solution temperature (UCST and LCST) behaviors, respectively, of the constitutive homopolymers in aqueous solution. We investigate the temperature-dependent phase behavior and the self-assembled structures of the block copolymer in D2O by turbidimetry and by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) in salt-free solution and in the presence of small amounts of NaCl and NaBr. For comparison, solutions of PNIPMAM homopolymer in D2O are studied as well. Turbidimetry indicates thermally induced “schizophrenic” aggregation behavior for PSPP498-b-PNIPMAM144. SANS reveals that conventional star-like core–shell micellar structures are formed above the LCST transition, whereas below the UCST-transition, structure formation is much less pr...