Amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymers via combination of ROMP and ATRP in ionic liquid: Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly

  • Meiran Xie*
  • , Yi Kong
  • , Huijing Han
  • , Jiaxin Shi
  • , Liang Ding
  • , Chunmei Song
  • , Yiqun Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymer was synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in ionic liquid (IL). The bromo-terminated macroinitiator was prepared via ROMP of norbornene derivative, which is compatible with ionic liquid [bmim][BF4], in conjunction with a chain transfer agent (CTA) in [bmim][BF4]. ROMP with CTA in [bmim][BF4] exhibited a different performance by changing the reaction conditions, and importantly there has been a good control over polymerization process and relatively low polydispersity index of polymer in [bmim][BF4]. Based on the telechelic macroinitiator, the amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymer was synthesized by ATRP in [bmim][BF4]. The prepared PDMAEMA-PNBEDE-PDMAEMA triblock copolymer can self-assemble spontaneously in H2O to form polymeric micelles, which was characterized by DLS, AFM, and TEM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1601-1608
Number of pages8
JournalReactive and Functional Polymers
Volume68
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2008

Keywords

  • Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
  • Block copolymers
  • Ionic liquid
  • Micelles
  • Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)

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