Journal
MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 222, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100349
Keywords
bio-decomposability; higher-order assemblies; PISA; RCMP; self-assemblies
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) Investigatorship in Singapore [NRF-NRFI05-2019-0001]
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Terpolymers are used to generate biodegradable self-assemblies through a combination of organocatalyzed living radical polymerization (RCMP) and polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA). The obtained assemblies, including vesicle, multicompartment micelle (MCM), and core-compartmentalized worm (CCW), have the attractive features of heavy metal-free and sulfur-free synthesis as well as bio-decomposability.
Terpolymers are used to generate bio-decomposable self-assemblies. PEG-PVL-PGMA terpolymers are synthesized via a combination of organocatalyzed living radical polymerization (RCMP) with polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA), generating vesicle, multicompartment micelle (MCM), and core-compartmentalized worm (CCW), where PEG, PVL, and PGMA are poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether, poly(delta-valerolactone), and poly(glycidyl methacrylate) and PGMA is grown during the PISA. MCM and CCW are uniquely obtainable using terpolymers. The PVL segment is biodegradable, and the obtained assemblies are bio-decomposable. Heavy metal-free and sulfur-free synthesis and bio-decomposability of the assemblies are attractive features.
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