Synthesis and characterization of amphiphilic triblock polymers by copper mediated living radical polymerization |
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Authors: | Michaël Even Dax Kukulj |
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Institution: | a Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK b Unilever Research, Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, UK |
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Abstract: | 2-Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and 2-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) block copolymers have been synthesized by using poly(ethylene glycol), poly(tetrahydrofuran) (PTHF) and poly(ethylene butylenes) macroinitiators with copper mediated living radical polymerization. The use of difunctional macroinitiator gave ABA block copolymers with narrow polydispersities (PDI) and controlled number average molecular weights (Mn’s). By using DMAEMA, polymerizations proceed with excellent first order kinetics indicative of well-controlled living polymerization. Online 1H NMR monitoring has been used to investigate the polymerization of DEAEMA. The first order kinetic plots for the polymerization of DEAMA showed two different rate regimes ascribed to an induction period which is not observed for DMAEMA. ABA triblock copolymers with DMAEMA as the A blocks and PTHF or PBD as B blocks leads to amphiphilic block copolymers with Mn’s between 22 and 24 K (PDI 1.24-1.32) which form aggregates/micelles in solution. The critical aggregation concentrations, as determined by pyrene fluorimetry, are 0.07 and 0.03 g dm−1 for PTHF- and PBD-containing triblocks respectively. |
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Keywords: | Block copolymer Amphiphilic DMAEMA DEAEMA Living radical polymerization ATRP |
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