ATRP法制备两亲性嵌段共聚物的研究

以α 溴代丙酸乙酯 (EPN Br)为引发剂、氯化亚铜 (CuCl)和联二吡啶 (bpy)组成的混合体系为催化剂 ,引发苯乙烯聚合 ,得到了端基为卤原子的单分散聚苯乙烯 (PS X)预聚体 .以此PS X为大分子引发剂、CuCl和N ,N ,N′ ,N″ ,N″ 五甲基二亚乙基三胺 (PMDETA) bpy的混合体系为催化剂 ,引发N ,N 二甲基丙烯酰胺(DMAA)聚合 ,得到了分子量分布较窄的聚苯乙烯 b 聚N ,N 二甲基丙烯酰胺 (PS b PDMAA)两亲性嵌段共聚物 .考察了大分子引发剂的分子质量、聚合介质及配位剂等对聚合过程的影响 .并用GPC、IR、1 H NMR等对产物进行了表征 .研究结果表明 ,该聚合反应体系符合原子转移自由基聚合的特征 .     

基于硝基苯类光扳机两亲性嵌段共聚物的合成及其光响应性质研究

以香草醛为原料,制备了连接十二烷基长链的硝基苯类光扳机S-(o-硝基-m-甲氧基-p-十二烷氧基苄醇)(VND),并通过酰胺化反应与PEG₁₀₀₀-NH₂生成具有光响应性的两亲性嵌段共聚物聚乙二醇-S-(o-硝基-m-甲氧基-p-十二烷氧基苄酯)(PEG-VND)。红外光谱(FT-IR)、核磁共振(¹HNMR)证明了合成的结构即为目标产物。PEG-VND可以在水中自组装成胶束,通过马尔文粒径仪和透射电镜(TEM)测定胶束的粒径。用紫外-可见光谱法(UV-Vis)研究胶束溶液随光照时间推移吸收光谱的变化。包载模型药物尼罗红后,检测PEG-VND对尼罗红的光控释放性质,结果表明:PEG-VND随光照时间的增加逐渐降解,尼罗红荧光发射强度逐渐减小,说明光照使得胶束解组装,释放模型药物。制备的快速光响应型控制释药聚合物胶束,具有潜在的生物医学应用的可能性。     

一种两亲性pH响应嵌段共聚物PEG-b-AAm的合成

以偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)作为引发剂,通过可逆加成-断裂链转移聚合反应(RAFT)将一种新型的具有pH响应能力的共聚物链段(E)-3-((2-氨基乙基)氨甲酰)-6-甲基丙烯酰胺基-2-甲基-6-氧代苯-2-烯酸,及疏水的甲基丙烯酸丙酯、亲水性的聚乙二醇(PEG)进行共聚,合成了一种具有良好酸性响应能力的两亲性嵌段共聚物(PEG-b-AAm)。性能研究结果表明：嵌段共聚物PEG-b-AAm分子结构特征明确,能在水溶液中有效自组装成粒径100～200 nm的球状胶束;加入pH 5.5的醋酸钠缓冲液后,胶束逐渐发生崩解。     

两亲性嵌段共聚物PMnEOS-b-PAA的可控合成及与PS-b-PAA共组装体的形貌

在苯乙烯单体的对位引入具有亲水性链段的乙二醇单元, 利用可逆加成断裂链转移聚合方法(RAFT), 可控合成了几种新的两亲性嵌段共聚物聚(4-乙烯基苄基乙二醇单甲醚)-b-聚丙烯酸(PMnEOS-b-PAA, n=1~3), 对其温敏和pH敏性质进行了初步研究. 同时, 研究了PMnEOS-b-PAA分别在亲水性环境下(四氢呋喃/水)和亲脂性环境下(四氢呋喃/甲苯)自组装体的形貌. 将聚对二乙二醇单甲醚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸与聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸按质量比1:1[m(PMDEOS-b-PAA)/m(PS-b-PAA)=1:1]共混进行共组装, 在四氢呋喃/甲苯体积比为2∶1的混合溶剂中, 发现了一类新型具有均匀分布内部孔道且表面光滑的球形组装体. 进一步研究了该组装体的可重复性和组装机理, 为其后期应用于工业上的负载催化、 小分子识别与释放提供了一种新的策略.     

两亲性嵌段共聚物的自组装及载药胶束的研究

采用可逆-加成-断裂链转移自由基聚合(RAFT)技术合成了两亲性嵌段共聚物聚苯乙烯-b-聚甲基丙烯酸聚乙二醇单甲醚-b-聚苯乙烯(PSt-b-POEOMA-b-PSt),通过FT-IR、1 HNMR、GPC确定共聚物的结构。将三个具有不同嵌段比的共聚物在水溶液中自组装,通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)观察得到的胶束的形貌,发现随着亲水性嵌段的比例减小,胶束的直径略微减小。通过透析方法,以共聚物作为载体,负载维生素E,TEM观察载药胶束的形貌,仍然为核-壳状的球形胶束。差示扫描量热仪(DSC)测试共聚物载药胶束前后的热性能,发现药物分子在载入内核的过程中,聚苯乙烯的玻璃化转变温度(Tg)有所降低。通过紫外(UV)分析计算得出共聚物的药物负载量(DLC)为70%～80%。     

嵌段共聚物傅里叶变换拉曼光谱

用傅里叶变换拉曼光谱(FT-Paman)研究了聚环氧乙烷-聚环氧丙烷-聚环氧乙烷(PEO-PPO-PEO)嵌段共聚物的无水样品,发现某些谱带对PEO0-PPO-PEO嵌段共聚物的结构和构象变化敏感,其中某些峰的相对强度的PPO/PEO比率和共聚物的构象有关,研究表明PluronicF68和F88具有一些反式构象的螺旋结构,PluronicP103(P123)是无规则结构,其它的嵌段共聚物处于二者之间.     

窄分布两亲性嵌段共聚物的合成及其胶束化行为研究

利用原子转移自由基聚合合成了具有两亲性的嵌段聚合物聚苯乙烯-b-聚丙烯酸(PS-b-PAA),用FTIR,¹H NMR,SEC对其进行了表征,并利用荧光探针技术研究了其在水溶液中的胶束化行为.进一步的研究表明,PS-b-PAA胶束可对水中存在的多环芳香化合物芘有效地吸收并进而分离和回收.     

两亲性嵌段共聚物PAA-b-PS的合成及胶束形态

通过丙烯酸叔丁酯的自由基调聚和苯乙烯的原子转移自由基聚合（ATRP）法合成了聚丙烯酸叔丁酯-聚苯乙烯（PtBA-b-PS）嵌段共聚物,然后在三氟乙酸作用下进行选择性水解得到了两亲性聚丙烯酸-聚苯乙烯（PAA-b-PS）嵌段共聚物。利用1H-NMR、FT-IR和GPC对产物的结构进行了表征。采用透析法制备了PAA-b-P...     

苯乙烯—环氧乙烷嵌段共聚物的阴离子聚合与表征

用二苯甲烷钾为引发剂,阴离子聚合法合成了苯乙烯（Ｓｔ）－环氧乙烷（ＥＯ）嵌段共聚物,并用ＦＴＩＲ,＾１Ｈ－ＮＭＲ,ＳＥＣ,ＷＡＸＤ和动态粘弹谱对共聚物进行了表征。结果表明所得聚合物为分子量可控,窄分布的两嵌段共聚物。     

两亲性三嵌段共聚物PAA-PHB-PAA的合成及表征

本文用ATRP方法, 以两端溴化的聚β-羟基丁酸酯链段(Br-PHB-Br)作为大分子引发剂, 丙烯酸叔丁酯为单体, 合成了一种新的三嵌段共聚物聚丙烯酸叔丁酯-聚β-羟基丁酸酯-聚丙烯酸叔丁酯(PtBA-PHB-PtBA). 在酸性条件下进一步水解, 得到了一种两亲性的聚丙烯酸-聚β-羟基丁酸酯-聚丙烯酸(PAA-PHB-PAA)三嵌段共聚物.     

Synthesis of a well-defined glycopolymer by atom transfer radical polymerization

Controlled free radical polymerization of sugar-carrying methacrylate, 3-O-methacryloyl-1,2 : 5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-d-glucofuranose (MAIpGlc) was achieved by the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technique with an alkyl halide/copper-complex system in veratrole at 80°C. The time–conversion first-order plot was linear and the number-average molecular weight increased in direct proportion to the ratio of the monomer conversion to the initial initiator concentration, providing PMAIpGlc with a low polydispersity. The sequential addition of the two monomers styrene (S) and MAIpGlc afforded a block copolymer of the type PS-b-PMAIpGlc. The acidolysis of the homo- and block copolymers gave well-defined glucose-carrying water-soluble polymers PMAGlc and PS-b-PMAGlc, respectively. The amphiphilic PS-b-PMAGlc block copolymer exhibited a microdomain surface morphology with spherical PS domains in a PMAGlc matrix. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. 36: 2473–2481, 1998     

Amphiphilic Block Copolymers from a Direct and One‐pot RAFT Synthesis in Water

The syntheses of amphiphilic block copolymers are successfully performed in water by chain extension of hydrophilic macromolecules with styrene at 80 °C. The employed strategy is a one‐pot procedure in which poly(acrylic acid), poly(methacrylic acid) or poly(methacrylic acid‐co‐poly(ethylene oxide) methyl ether methacrylate) macroRAFTs are first formed in water using 4‐cyano‐4‐thiothiopropylsulfanyl pentanoic acid (CTPPA) as a chain transfer agent. The resulting macroRAFTs are then directly used without further purification for the RAFT polymerization of styrene in water in the same reactor. This simple and straightforward strategy leads to a very good control of the resulting amphiphilic block copolymers.

     

Nitroxide‐Mediated Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization: From Water‐Soluble Macroalkoxyamine to Thermosensitive Nanogels

Self‐stabilized nanoparticles with a temperature‐responsive poly[(N,N‐diethylacrylamide)‐co‐(N,N′‐methylenebisacrylamide)] microgel core and a covalently attached hairy shell were synthesized via a simple nitroxide‐mediated controlled free‐radical aqueous dispersion polymerization, using a poly(sodium acrylate) alkoxyamine macroinitiator. With this method, high solid content, surfactant‐free particle suspensions were prepared, with diameter ranging from 49 to 118 nm at high temperature, and able to reversibly swell with water at low temperature. The proposed method requires a limited number of reagents in a simple polymerization procedure and thus avoids many drawbacks generally encountered in the synthesis of thermally responsive microgel particles.

     

Amphiphilic diblock,triblock, and star block copolymers by living radical polymerization: Synthesis and aggregation behavior

Copper(I)‐mediated living radical polymerization was used to synthesize amphiphilic block copolymers of poly(n‐butyl methacrylate) [P(n‐BMA)] and poly[(2‐dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] (PDMAEMA). Functionalized bromo P(n‐BMA) macroinitiators were prepared from monofunctional, difunctional, and trifunctional initiators: 2‐bromo‐2‐methylpropionic acid 4‐methoxyphenyl ester, 1,4‐(2′‐bromo‐2′‐methyl‐propionate)benzene, and 1,3,5‐(2′‐bromo‐2′‐methylpropionato)benzene. The living nature of the polymerizations involved was investigated in each case, leading to narrow‐polydispersity polymers for which the number‐average molecular weight increased fairly linearly with time with good first‐order kinetics in the monomer. These macroinitiators were subsequently used for the polymerization of (2‐dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate to obtain well‐defined [P(n‐BMA)_x‐b‐PDMAEMA_y]_z diblock (15,900; polydispersity index = 1.60), triblock (23,200; polydispersity index = 1.24), and star block copolymers (50,700; polydispersity index = 1.46). Amphiphilic block copolymers contained between 60 and 80 mol % hydrophilic PDMAEMA blocks to solubilize them in water. The polymers were quaternized with methyl iodide to render them even more hydrophilic. The aggregation behavior of these copolymers was investigated with fluorescence spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering. For blocks of similar comonomer compositions, the apparent critical aggregation concentration (cac = 3.22–7.13 × 10^?3 g L^?1) and the aggregate size (ca. 65 nm) were both dependent on the copolymer architecture. However, for the same copolymer structure, increasing the hydrophilic PDMAEMA block length had little effect on the cac but resulted in a change in the aggregate size. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 439–450, 2002; DOI 10.1002/pola.10122     

Morphology control in polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite latex particles

The effect of the presence of different amounts of block copolymers [polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate)] on the morphology of polystyrene/poly (methyl methacrylate) composite latex particles was investigated. The block copolymers were produced in situ by controlled radical polymerization (CRP) through the addition of the second monomer to a seed prepared by miniemulsion polymerization with a certain amount of a CRP agent. With an increase in the amounts of the block copolymers, the particle morphology changed from a hemisphere morphology (for a latex without block copolymers, i.e., without the use of a CRP agent during the polymerization) to clear core–shell morphologies as a result of decreasing polymer–polymer interfacial tension © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 2484–2493, 2007     

Controlled radical polymerization of tert‐butyl acrylate at ambient temperature: Effect of initiator structure and synthesis of amphiphilic block copolymers

Controlled and very rapid ambient temperature polymerization of tert‐butyl acrylate (tBA) via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and single electron transfer living radical polymerization (SET‐LRP) conditions is reported. Two initiators, one that would generate a secondary radical and another that would generate a primary radical, upon activation, are used. A very active catalyst CuBr/Me₆TREN was found to initiate rapid polymerization whether it was the primary or the secondary initiator. The polymerization was well controlled and very rapid. The initiator that produces secondary initiating site is found to result in more rapid polymerization than the one that produces primary initiating site. To explore the possibility of rapid ambient temperature polymerization through the SET‐LRP mechanism, the polymerization was also carried out in the presence of DMSO. It was found that the polymerization was much faster compared to the bulk ATRP, without loss of control. Styrene was block copolymerized from PtBA macroinitiators and vice versa. In both the cases, block copolymers with controlled molecular weights were obtained. The tBA block of the polymer was selectively hydrolyzed to get amphiphilic block copolymers. This amphiphilic block copolymer was found to be useful in preparing stable cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticulate dispersion. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Synthesis of complex macromolecules using iterative copper(0)‐mediated radical polymerization

Copper(0) mediated radical polymerization is an efficient and versatile polymerization technique which allows the control of acrylates and methacrylates with an unprecedented maintenance of end group fidelity (～100%) during the polymerization. In this highlight, we summarize recent works using Cu(0)‐mediated radical polymerization for the synthesis of multiblock copolymers via an iterative approach. This approach has been successfully implemented for the synthesis of decablock copolymers, constituted of blocks with a degree of polymerization ranging from 3–4 to 100 units as well as for the preparation of multiblock star polymers. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014 , 52, 2083–2098     

Living polymerization of styrene initiated by mercaptan/ε‐caprolactam

The bulk polymerization of styrene initiated by ?‐caprolactam (CL) and n‐dodecyl mercaptan (RSH) has been explored. This novel polymerization system shows living characteristics. For example, the molecular weight of the resulting polymers increases with conversion, and the system has the ability to form diblock copolymers and so forth. The polymer chain end contains thiol and lactam structures, which we have investigated with Fourier transform infrared, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR techniques. Electron spin resonance spectra and theoretical calculations by the Hartree–Fock methods have been used to examine the mechanism. The results reveal that the initial polymerization starts from thiol via a chain‐transfer reaction, and the propagation proceeds by the insertion of a monomer between the terminal group and the intermediate structure of lactam. Finally, the polymerization kinetics have been examined. The polymerization rate varies linearly with the concentration of CL and RSH, and this confirms the mechanism. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4976–4993, 2004     

Synthesis of water‐dispersible,fluorinated particles with grafting sulfonate chains by the core crosslinking of block copolymer micelles

Fluorinated polymer particles with grafting sulfonate chains, which showed high dispersion stability in aqueous media, were synthesized by the crosslinking of block copolymer micelles. A crosslinkable block copolymer, poly[(2,3,4,5,6‐pentafluorostyrene)‐co‐4‐(1‐methylsilacyclobutyl)styrene]‐b‐poly(neopentyl 4‐styrenesulfonate), composed of a statistical copolymer segment of 2,3,4,5,6‐pentafluorostyrene with 4‐(1‐methylsilacyclobutyl)styrene and a neopentyl 4‐styrenesulfonate segment, was prepared by the nitroxy‐mediated living radical polymerization of a 2,3,4,5,6‐pentafluorostyrene/4‐(1‐methylsilacyclobutyl)styrene mixture and neopentyl 4‐styrenesulfonate. The block copolymer formed micelles with a poly[(2,3,4,5,6‐pentafluorostyrene)‐co‐4‐(1‐methylsilacyclobutyl)styrene] core in acetonitrile, which were crosslinked via the ring‐opening reaction of silacyclobutyl groups in the core by a treatment with a platinum catalyst. The deprotection of sulfonate groups in the micelle corona by exposure to trimethylsilyl iodide and a treatment with aqueous HCl, followed by neutralization with aqueous NaOH, provided a polymer particle with polymer chains of sodium 4‐styrenesulfonate grafted on its surface. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 1316–1323, 2007