Organometallic-polypeptide block copolymers: synthesis and self-assembly of poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane)-b-poly(epsilon-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine) |
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Authors: | Wang Yishan Zou Shan Kim Kyoung Taek Manners Ian Winnik Mitchell A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Abstract: | A new type of metallopolymer-polypeptide block copolymer poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane)-b-poly (epsilon-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine) was synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of epsilon-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine N-carboxyanhydride initiated by using a primary amino-terminated poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane). Studies on the self-organization behavior of this polypeptide block copolymer in both the bulk state and in solution were performed. In the bulk state, a cylindrical-in-lamellar structure was observed in a compositionally asymmetric sample. Rod-like micelles with a polyferrocenylsilane core formed in a polypeptide-selective solvent alone or in the presence of a common solvent. Significantly, an additional small quantity of the common solvent assisted the formation of longer micelles and micelles with better shape-regularity. This is attributed to a decrease in the number of nucleation events and PFS core reorganization effects. |
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Keywords: | block copolymers micelles polyferrocenylsilane polypeptides rod‐coil |
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