Synthesis of triblock and multiblock methacrylate polymers and self‐assembly of stimuli responsive triblock polymers |
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Authors: | Stacey M. Chin Hongkun He Dominik Konkolewicz Krzysztof Matyjaszewski |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213 |
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Abstract: | Multisegmented poly(methacrylate)s were synthesized using one pot reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. Initially, a series of triblock copolymers were synthesized with different ratios of trimethylsilyl methacrylate, di(ethylene oxide) methacrylate, and oligo(ethylene oxide) methacrylate, and different total polymer molecular weights. Additionally, a polymer containing seven distinct blocks of methacrylic monomers was synthesized in one pot. For the triblock copolymers, the trimethylsilyl group was subsequently hydrolyzed, and the self‐assembly of the triblock copolymer was studied in water, under different pH and thermal conditions. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 2548–2555 |
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Keywords: | block copolymers methacrylate reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer self‐organization stimuli‐sensitive polymers |
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