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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
卷 45, 期 6, 页码 1748-1758出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.02.022
关键词
Controlled/living radical polymerization; Branched copolymers; Conformation; Microgel; Unimolecular micelles
资金
- Czech Academy of Sciences [IAA400500703]
- Czech Republic [202/09/2078]
- Marie Curie Research [MRTNCT-2004-512331]
We report on solution properties of lightly grafted copolymers composed of polystyrene (PS) backbone (degree of polymerization of PS backbone, N-b = 95) and variable length of poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) P(tBuMA) side chains (degree of polymerization of side chains, N-sc = 14-222) at fixed number of grafting sites n = 11 and polydispersity index (M-w/M-n) ranging from 1.05 to 2.63. Synthesis of these graft copolymers is based on a novel synthetic route [Gromadzki D, Makuska R, Netopilik M, Holler P, Lokaj J, Janata M, et al. Eur Polym J 2008;44:59-71] involving two independent controlled/living polymerization mechanisms, namely nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMP) for the Synthesis of the backbone and photoinduced grafting from iniferter process for building of P(tBuMA) branches. The viscosity-related contraction factors g' < 1 confirmed high degree of branching of the studied graft copolymers. Dilute solutions of graft copolymers in nonselective solvent (THF), examined by dynamic light scattering (DLS), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and viscometry, revealed a transition from comb-like conformation through wormlike-star to a microgel architecture under increasing number of monomeric units in side chains. These data were further supported by the structure factors R-eta/R-h and R-g/R-h obtained by independent measurements and extrapolated to infinite dilution. Persistence lengths of the samples exhibiting comb-like topology were larger compared to linear polystyrene backbone and P(tBuMA) side chains in THF suggesting stiffening of the main chain with increasing size of the attached side chains. Unimolecular micelles were detected by DLS and SAXS in solvent selective for grafts, tert-amyl alcohol. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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