Bis‐hydrophilic and functional triblock terpolymers based on polyethers: Synthesis and self‐assembly in solution |
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| Authors: | Markus J Barthel Krzysztof Babiuch Tobias Rudolph Jürgen Vitz Stephanie Hoeppener Michael Gottschaldt Martin D Hager Felix H Schacher Ulrich S Schubert |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich‐Schiller‐University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany;2. Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich‐Schiller‐University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany;3. Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), John F. Kennedylaan 2, 5612 AB Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | A well‐defined triblock terpolymer, poly(ethylene glycol)‐block‐poly(allyl glycidyl ether)‐block‐poly(tert‐butyl glycidyl ether) (PEG‐b‐PAGE‐b‐Pt‐BGE), with a narrow molar mass distribution has been synthesized by sequential living anionic ring‐opening polymerization. Afterward, the PAGE block was modified via thiol‐ene chemistry and different sugar moieties or cysteine as a model compound for peptides could be covalently attached to the polymer backbone. The solution self‐assembly of the obtained bis‐hydrophilic triblock terpolymers in aqueous media has been studied in detail by turbidimetry, dynamic light scattering, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM and cryo‐TEM). © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012 |
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| Keywords: | ABC triblock terpolymers anionic ring‐opening polymerization anionic polymerization living polymerization polyethylene glycol polyethers self‐assembly thiol‐ene chemistry |
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