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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 34, Issue 13, Pages 4375-4383Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma010001r
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Brush macromolecules having poly(n-butyl acrylate-block-styrene) and poly(styrene-block-n-butyl acrylate) side chains have been synthesized by the grafting from approach using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The molecular weights of the resulting polymers were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using refractive index and multiangle light scattering detection. The block copolymer side chains were cleaved from the backbone and analyzed by GPC, confirming the synthesis of well-defined copolymer brushes. Visualization of individual molecules by atomic force microscopy (AFM) enabled analysis of the conformation and microstructure of the brush macromolecules on mica surface. The brushes with the pnBuA core were almost fully stretched, while the inverted structure with the pS core exhibited longitudinal contraction compared to the contour length of the main chain. In addition, the poly(n-butyl acrylate-block-styrene) brushes demonstrated a characteristic necklace morphology which was attributed to the interplay between the extension of the pnBuA core and microphase segregation of the pS tails.
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