ABA型两亲嵌段共聚物的合成及表征

以α ,α′ 二溴代二甲苯为引发剂 ,CuBr/2 ,2′ 联吡啶为催化体系 ,制备了双溴端基的分子量分布窄的聚苯乙烯 (MWD =1 18) .再以此作为大分子引发剂 ,实现了甲基丙烯酸对硝基苯酯的原子转移自由基聚合 ,制得了分子量可控且分子量分布窄的ABA型嵌段共聚物 ,再经水解、酸化 ,得到了聚甲基丙烯酸 b 聚苯乙烯 b 聚甲基丙烯酸ABA型两亲嵌段共聚物     

温敏性嵌段共聚物纳米胶束的制备及其稳定性

通过N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAAm)和N,N-二甲基丙烯酰胺(DMAAm)在链转移剂巯基乙醇存在下的自由基共聚,制备了具有端羟基的共聚物P(NIPAAm-co-DMAAm).利用其端羟基在异辛酸亚锡催化下引发己内酯开环聚合,得到了两亲性嵌段共聚物P(NIPAAm-co-DMAAm)-b-PCL,并在聚己内酯(PCL)链末端引入可光催化反应的不饱和双键.通过1H-NMR、GPC和相转变温度(LCST)等方法对聚合物进行了结构表征,测定了嵌段共聚物形成胶束的临界胶束浓度和胶束粒径,比较了核交联前后胶束的粒径和稳定性.结果表明:通过调节共聚物的组成,可获得LCST在40℃附近的胶束,胶束经核交联后,粒径有所减小,但稳定性明显提高,可用于对药物的温敏控制释放.     

双亲嵌段共聚物PSt-b-PAA在甲苯中的自聚集行为

以α-溴乙苯为引发剂,溴化亚铜为催化剂,2,2'-联吡啶为配体,用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)法合成了结构一定的嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸丁酯(PSt-b-PBA).经水解制备了双亲性嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸(PSt-b-PAA);采用单溶剂溶解法配制了PSt-b-PAA在甲苯中的反胶束溶液;以极性荧光化合物N-1-萘乙二胺盐酸盐(NEAH)为极性微区探针,用荧光光谱法并配合透射电镜观察探索了双亲嵌段共聚物PSt-b-PAA在甲苯溶液中的自聚集行为,考察了双亲性嵌段共聚物浓度、链结构及温度等因素对反胶束化行为的影响规律.结果表明,亲水链PAA短而亲油链PSt长的双亲嵌段共聚物PSt-b-PAA,用单溶剂溶解法可使其在甲苯中发生自聚集,形成以亲水段为核,疏水段为壳的星状反胶束结构;反胶束为10-20nm的球形聚集态结构;PSt-b-PAA的自聚集行为及临界胶束浓度与分子链的微结构和温度等因素相关,且随着共聚物浓度的增大,小胶束会逐渐结合形成大的纺垂状聚集体.     

两亲性嵌段共聚物PS-b-PMAA的合成与胶束化行为研究

利用原子转移自由基聚合法(ATRP)得到了分子量可控、分子量分布接近1.1的聚苯乙烯-b-聚甲基丙烯酸叔丁酯(PS-b-PtBMA)嵌段共聚物, 进而在酸性条件下由水解反应得到了两亲性的聚苯乙烯-b-聚甲基丙烯酸 (PS-b-PMAA)嵌段共聚物．用GPC, FTIR和¹H-NMR等对产物的分子量和组成进行了表征．使PS-b-PMAA在选择性溶剂中进行自组装, 通过激光光散射和透射电子显微镜研究了影响其胶束化行为的因素与胶束形态, 并初步探讨了胶束形成的机理, 发现通过控制嵌段共聚物的链段长度之比可得到空心球形的高分子胶束．     

聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸/聚苯乙烯在水中的自组装及胶束尺寸的研究

利用动态光散射、透射电镜研究了嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯 b 聚丙烯酸(PS b PAA)与均聚物聚苯乙烯(PS)在选择性溶剂水中的自组装行为.由于均聚物PS与PS嵌段具有相同的结构单元,均聚物PS参与胶束的形成,和嵌段共聚物的PS链段一同组成胶束的核;在适当的均聚物分子量和含量条件下,PS b PAA PS可以自组装形成单分散的纳米胶束;通过改变体系中均聚物PS的分子量和含量可在较大范围内调变胶束的尺寸.     

医用生物相容性接枝共聚物负载阿霉素和香豆素的研究

以一端连有单电子转移自由基聚合(RAFT)链转移剂的聚乙二醇(PEG)为大分子链转移剂,调控2-(4-羟基丁酰氧基)甲基丙烯酸叔丁酯(t BHBMA)的RAFT聚合,得到的PEG-b-Pt BHBMA嵌段共聚物引发丙交酯的开环聚合,制得接枝共聚物PEG-b-(Pt BA-g-PLA).通过聚乳酸末端的羟基与7-甲氧基香豆素-3-羧酸(COU)中羧基的酯化反应,得到了含有荧光标记分子的接枝共聚物PEG-b-(Pt BA-g-PLA-COU).该聚合物主链选择性水解,得到了含有荧光标记分子的两亲性接枝共聚物PEG-b-(PAA-g-PLA-COU).以PEG-b-(PAA-g-PLA-COU)为药物载体,对阿霉素(DOX)进行了负载,制得了含有荧光标记分子的聚合物载药胶束.利用紫外光谱和动态光散射测定了载药胶束的载药量和胶束尺寸.     

AB及ABA型聚苯乙烯(A)-聚氧乙烯(B)嵌段共聚物的合成及其结构的表征

合成了α-苯基乙基钾,并用于制备AB型聚苯乙烯(A)-聚氧乙烯(B)嵌段共聚物。研究了聚合时间和温度的影响。通过含一个端羟基的AB嵌段共聚物与偶联剂甲苯二异氰酸酯反应制得ABA型嵌段共聚物。二种共聚物均经纯化,并用NMR、IR、UV、DSC、偏光显微镜及X-射线衍射法表征,且与均聚物的混合物比较。     

聚L-丙氨酸-聚乙二醇嵌段共聚物的胶束化行为研究

以氨基聚乙二醇单甲醚(MPEG-NH₂)为大分子引发剂, 采用开环聚合方法合成了聚L-丙氨酸-聚乙二醇嵌段共聚物(PAME), 并对其结构进行了表征; 用圆二色谱(CD)研究了嵌段共聚物在水溶液中的二级结构, 用芘荧光探针技术研究了共聚物胶束的形成及其临界胶束浓度(CMC), 利用动态光散射(DLS)和透射电镜(TEM)研究了胶束的粒径分布和形态. 结果表明, 在水溶液中共聚物链以α-螺旋构象形式存在, 在一定条件下嵌段共聚物能够形成球形的稳定胶束, PAME-1形成胶束的CMC为1.99×10^-5 mol/L, CMC值受共聚物中聚L-丙氨酸(PLA)链段含量的影响.     

嵌段共聚物sPS-b-Poly(S-co-E)的合成与表征

用主催化剂茂基三苄氧基钛和茂基三呋喃甲氧基钛与助催化剂甲基铝氧烷(MAO)组成的催化体系研究了先预聚苯乙烯(S)再引入乙烯(E)进行的嵌段共聚合反应,发现总的催化效率随苯乙烯预聚合时间的延长而增加.对嵌段共聚合产物用丁酮、四氢呋喃和氯仿进行顺序萃取分离,得到四氢呋喃中的可溶级分即嵌段共聚物sPS-b-Poly(S-co-E),占总嵌段共聚合产物的30%～50%,其中乙烯链节的含量占总嵌段共聚物的9%～14%.对嵌段共聚物用DSC、WAXD、FTIR、13CNMR和偏光显微等方法进行了表征.     

含叶酸功能端基Pluronic F127的合成及其在水中的形态

通过一系列反应将三嵌段共聚物Pluronic F127的端羟基转变为氨基。利用氨基化F127大单体,最终成功的将生物活性大分子叶酸接到了F127端基上(F127-Folate) 作为靶向配体。利用1H-NMR对嵌段共聚物的结构进行了表征。用透析法制备胶束溶液,利用TEM研究了F127-Folate在水溶液中的自组装形态,结果表明F127-Folate正在水溶液中自组装形成纳米胶束。     

Novel polypropene materials derived from vinylidene-terminated oligopropenes

Metallocene-based homogeneous Ziegler–Natta catalysts produce mono-olefin-terminated oligopropenes with narrow molecular weight distributions, controlled stereoregularities, and molecular weights ranging from 100 to 30,000 g/mole in high yield slurry and solution processes. Steric and molecular weight control are influenced by metallocene structures, and by polymerization conditions such as temperature and propene concentration. Predominantly mono-vinylidene-terminated oligopropenes are attractive intermediates, and feedstock for the synthesis of a variety of polypropylene materials, including blends, block and graft copolymers. The key step is the chain end functionalization of the vinylideneterminated oligopropenes via double bond conversion reactions, followed by the controlled synthesis of polypropylene block and graft copolymers. In melt and solution processes the olefinic end groups have been converted into a variety of polar functional groups, e.g. hydroxy, carboxy, succinic anhydride, thiol and acrylic groups. The thiol-terminated oligopropenes are chain transfer agents in radical methylmethacrylate polymerization with chain transfer constant measured to be 0.2. Acrylic monomers and styrene are grown onto the thiol end group via a chain transfer reaction, thus producing a family of block copolymers, e.g. poly(propene-b-methylmethacrylate) and poly(propene-b-styrene). As demonstrated by SEM fracture surface analysis, the poly(propene-b-styrene) block copolymers are efficient dispersing agents for compatibilizing polystyrene/polypropene (70/30) blends. Homo- and copolymerization of acrylic oligopropene macromonomers yield novel classes of graft copolymers with pendant isotactic or atactic oligopropene chains. Hydroxy-terminated oligopropenes are useful initiators in caprolactone polymerization to form poly(propene-b-caprolactone) block copolymers. IR spectroscopic studies demonstrate that succinic anhydride-terminated oligopropenes, obtained by ene-type addition of maleic anhydride to the olefinic oligopropene end group, react with oligomeric diamine-terminated polyamide-6,6 in the melt to yield polypropene-b-polyamide-6,6-b-polypropene triblock copolymers.     

机理转移法合成聚丁二烯-b-聚(甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲氨基乙酯)两亲性嵌段共聚物

将活性负离子聚合与原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)技术相结合,运用机理转移法制备了一种两亲性材料聚丁二烯-b-聚(甲基丙烯酸N,N-二甲氨基乙酯)(PB-b-PDMAEMA)嵌段共聚物.首先通过负离子聚合方法设计合成聚丁二烯,用环氧丙烷封端,2-溴异丁酰溴作酯化剂,合成具有活性端基溴的聚丁二烯大分子引发剂(PB-B r),再用其引发亲水性单体DMAEMA进行原子转移自由基聚合,聚合动力学证实了该聚合反应具有典型的活性/可控自由基聚合的特征.通过差示扫描量热法(DSC)研究嵌段共聚物的微相分离行为.制备的大分子引发剂及两亲性嵌段共聚物经凝胶色谱、红外和核磁表征证实了预定的结构.     

Chain-growth polycondensation for well-defined condensation polymers and polymer architecture

The historical development of our research on polycondensation that proceeds in a chain-growth polymerization manner ("chain-growth polycondensation") for well-defined condensation polymers is described. We first studied polycondensation in which change of the substituent effect induced by bond formation drove the reactivity of the polymer end group higher than that of the monomer. In this approach, well-defined aromatic polyamides, polyesters, polyethers, and poly(ether sulfone)s were obtained. The second approach was the study of the phase-transfer polymerization of a solid monomer dispersed in an organic solvent. In this type of polymerization, the solid monomer was physically unable to react with another monomer and was carried with the phase transfer catalyst into the solution phase where it reacted with an initiator and the polymer end group in the solvent in a chain polymerization manner. We also found catalyst-transfer polycondensation as a third approach to chain-growth polycondensation. In the Ni-catalyzed polycondensation of 2-bromo-5-chloromagnesiothiophenes, the Ni catalyst transferred to the polymer end group, and a coupling reaction occurred there to yield a well-defined polythiophene. This chain-growth polycondensation was applied to the synthesis of condensation polymer architectures such as block copolymers, star polymers, graft copolymers, and so on.     

From NMP to RAFT and Thiol‐Ene Chemistry by In Situ Functionalization of Nitroxide Chain Ends

A straightforward, novel strategy based on the in situ functionalization of polymers prepared by nitroxide‐mediated polymerization (NMP), for the use as an extension toward block copolymers and post‐polymerization modifications, has been investigated. The nitroxide end group is exchanged for a thiocarbonylthio end group by a rapid transfer reaction with bis(thiobenzoyl) disulfide to generate in situ reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) macroinitiators. Moreover, not only have these macroinitiators been used in chain extension and block copolymerization experiments by the RAFT process but also a thiol‐terminated polymer is synthesized by aminolysis of the RAFT end group and subsequently reacted with dodecyl vinyl ether by thiol‐ene chemistry.     

ATRP of MMA in Aqueous Solution in the Presence of an Amphiphilic Polymeric Macroligand

An amphiphilic poly(2‐oxazoline) block copolymer consisting of a water‐soluble poly(2‐methyloxazoline) block and a hydrophobic block bearing bipyridine moieties in the side chain was synthesized by living cationic polymerization. This macroligand was applied to atom‐transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methacrylate in aqueous solution in the presence of Cu(I)Br and ethyl 2‐bromoisobutyrate as the initiator. High monomer conversion up to 96% was achieved after 3 h of polymerization at 60°C.     

Effect of end group polarity upon the lower critical solution temperature of poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline)

Thermo-sensitive poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline)s (PiPrOx) were functionalized with end groups of different polarity by living cationic ring-opening polymerization using the initiator and/or termination method as well as sequential block copolymerization with 2-methyl-2-oxazoline. As end groups, methyl, n-nonyl, piperidine, piperazine as well as oligo(ethylenglygol) and oligo(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) were introduced quantitatively. The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the aqueous solutions was investigated. The introduction of hydrophobic end groups decreases the LCST, while hydrophilic polymer tails raise the cloud point. In comparison to poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide), the impact of the end group polarity upon the modulation of the LCST was found to be significantly stronger. Surprisingly, terminal oligoethylenegycol units also decrease the LCST of PiPrOx, thus acting as moieties of higher hydrophobicity as compared to the poly(2-oxazoline) main chain. Together with the possible variation of the side group polarity, this allows a broad modulation of the LCST of poly(2-oxazoline)s.     

Preparation of thermoresponsive polymers bearing amino acid diamide derivatives via RAFT polymerization

We report here the synthesis of well‐defined homopolymer bearing amino acid diamide, poly(N‐acryloyl‐L ‐valine N′‐methylamide), via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization using alkynyl‐functionalized 2‐dodecylsulfanylthiocarbonylsulfanyl‐2‐methyl‐propionic acid propargyl alcohol ester as chain transfer agent (CTA) and 2,2′‐azobis(isobutyronitrile) as initiator. The effects of a variety of parameters, such as temperature and solvent, on RAFT polymerization were examined to determine the optimal control of the polymerization. The controlled nature of RAFT polymerization was evidenced by the controllable molecular weight and low‐molecular‐weight polydispersity index (M_w/M_n) of resulting homopolymers and further demonstrated to have retained end‐group functionality by the fact of the successful formation of block copolymers from further RAFT polymerization by using the resultant polymer as macro‐CTA, as well as from “click” chemistry. Thermoresponsive property of the prepared polymer was evaluated in terms of the lower critical solution temperature in aqueous solution by measuring the transmittance variation at 500 nm from UV/vis spectroscopy. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 3573–3586, 2010     

Two-Dimensional Chromatographic Analysis of Polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymers Synthesized by Selective Oxidation of Polystrene-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane

Summary: The preparation of polystyrene block methyl methacrylate copolymers (PS-b-PMMA) is described. The polystyrene segment was prepared by anionic polymerization and the methylmethacrylate segment was prepared via free radical autoxidation of a borane agent attached to the styrene chain. 1 The chemistry involves a transformation of the anionic polymerization process to borane chemistry by firstly producing polystyrene with chain end unsaturated alkyl functional groups prepared using a n-butyllithium initiator and termination with allylchlorodimethylsilane. Secondly, the unsaturated macroinitiator end was hydroborated by 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN) to produce a borane terminated PS. Thirdly, the borane group at the chain end was selectively oxidized and converted to polymeric radicals in the presence of methyl methacrylate which then initiated radical polymerization to produce block copolymers. The polymer obtained was characterized using several chromatographic techniques including LC-CC (liquid chromatography under critical conditions) for the polystyrene segments and two-dimensional chromatography with LC-CC in the first dimension and SEC in the second. The results show that block formation was successful although significant homopolymerization of methyl methacrylate is also obtained.     

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Branched Polymers

Summary: The combination of enzymatic polymerization with ATRP for the synthesis of branched (block) copolymers was investigated. Heterotelechelic polycaprolactone macroinimer was synthesized in a one‐pot enzymatic procedure by using 2‐hydroxyethyl α‐bromoisobutyrate as a bifunctional initiator. A polymerizable end group was introduced by subsequent in situ enzymatic acrylation with vinyl acrylate. Branched polymers were obtained by subsequent atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP).

Enzymatic synthesis of heterotelechelic macromonomers and subsequent self condensing vinyl polymerization by ATRP.     

End‐Group Characterization of Poly(acrylic acid) Prepared by Nitroxide‐Mediated Controlled Free‐Radical Polymerization

Summary: A low‐molar‐mass poly(acrylic acid) with a narrow molar‐mass distribution, prepared by SG1 nitroxide‐mediated controlled free‐radical polymerization, was subjected to end‐group analysis to confirm its living nature. ¹H and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy confirmed the presence of the SG1‐based alkoxyamine end group. Furthermore, chain extension with styrene and n‐butyl acrylate demonstrated the ability of the homopolymer to initiate the polymerization of a second block. These results open the door to the synthesis of poly(acrylic acid)‐based block copolymers by direct nitroxide‐mediated polymerization of acrylic acid.

Acrylic acid polymerization using an alkoxyamine initiator based on SG1 (N‐tert‐butyl‐N‐(1‐diethyl phosphono‐2,2‐dimethylpropyl) nitroxide resulting in a homopolymer capable of initiating the polymerization of a second block.