In this manuscript in situRAFT polymerization inside reactive triblock copolymer micelles were reported. Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PEG-b-PHEMA-b-PtBA) triblock copolymer was synthesized through two-step ATRP of HEMA and tBA by using ATRP initiator terminated PEG as macroinitiator. The pendant azide groups were introduced to the short mid-blocks by reactions of the triblock copolymer with 2-bromoisobutyryl bromide and sodium azide, respectively. Click reaction between the azido-modified triblock and dialkynetrithiocarbonate results in the formation of the reactive micelles with cross-linked cores and PtBA/PEG coronae. The size of the micellar aggregates is determined by initial polymer concentration. The entrapped reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent molecules in the cores were used in RAFT polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM). After RAFT polymerization, polymeric micelles with cross-linked PNIPAM cores and PEG/PtBA coronae were obtained. FTIR, 1H NMR, dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the structures of the micelles before and after RAFT polymerization. The degradation of the micelles was also investigated in this research. This type of micelles can be used as a platform for RAFT polymerization.
本手稿报告了在反应型三嵌段共聚物胶束内进行原位
RAFT 聚合的情况。以 ATRP 起始剂终止的 P
EG 为大起始剂,通过
HEMA 和 t
BA 的两步 ATRP 合成了聚
乙二醇-嵌段-聚(2-羟乙基
甲基丙烯酸酯)-嵌段-聚(
丙烯酸叔丁酯)(P
EG-b-P
HEMA-b-Pt
BA)三嵌段共聚物。通过将三嵌段共聚物分别与 2-
溴异
丁酰溴和
叠氮化
钠反应,在短中嵌段上引入了悬挂的
叠氮基团。
叠氮改性三嵌段与二炔四
硫代
碳酸酯之间的点击反应可形成具有交联核心和 Pt
BA/P
EG 冠层的活性胶束。胶束聚集体的大小由初始
聚合物浓度决定。核心中夹带的可逆加成-断裂链转移(
RAFT)剂分子被用于 N-
异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIP
AM)的
RAFT 聚合。经过
RAFT 聚合,得到了具有交联
PNIP
AM 核心和 P
EG/Pt
BA 冠层的
聚合物胶束。傅立叶变换红外光谱、1H NMR、动态光散射和透射电子显微镜用于表征
RAFT 聚合前后胶束的结构。本研究还考察了胶束的降解情况。这种胶束可用作
RAFT 聚合的平台。