Abstract
A near-monodisperse poly(stearyl methacrylate) macromolecular chain transfer agent (PSMA macro-CTA) was prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) solution polymerisation in toluene. This PSMA macro-CTA was then utilised as a stabiliser block for the RAFT dispersion polymerisation of a highly polar monomer, N-2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl pyrrolidone (NMEP), in n-dodecane at 90 °C. 1H NMR studies confirmed that the rate of NMEP polymerisation was significantly faster than that of a non-polar monomer (benzyl methacrylate, BzMA) under the same conditions. For example, when targeting a PSMA14-PNMEP100 diblock copolymer, more than 99% NMEP conversion was achieved within 30 min, whereas only 19% BzMA conversion was obtained on the same time scale for the corresponding PSMA14-PBzMA100 synthesis. The resulting PSMA-PNMEP diblock copolymer chains underwent polymerisation-induced self-assembly (PISA) during growth of the insoluble PNMEP block to form either spherical micelles, highly anisotropic worms or polydisperse vesicles, depending on the target DP of the PNMEP chains. Systematic variation of this latter parameter, along with the solids content, allowed the construction of a phase diagram which enabled pure mor...Continue Reading
References
Feb 12, 1999·Science·Y Y WonF S Bates
Aug 9, 2001·Journal of the American Chemical Society·E J LobbA L Lewis
Aug 10, 2002·Science·Dennis E Discher, Adi Eisenberg
Sep 14, 2004·Biomacromolecules·Paul DalhaimerDennis E Discher
Apr 2, 2010·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Lisa HouillotBernadette Charleux
May 28, 2010·Angewandte Chemie·Yuting Li, Steven P Armes
Aug 19, 2011·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Adam BlanazsSteven P Armes
Aug 23, 2011·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Shinji SugiharaAndrew L Lewis
May 16, 2012·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Adam BlanazsSteven P Armes
May 19, 2012·Advanced Materials·Mona SemsarilarSteven P Armes
Jul 11, 2012·Chemical Society Reviews·Yiyong Mai, Adi Eisenberg
Jan 10, 2014·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Nicholas J WarrenSteven P Armes
Apr 1, 2014·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Lee A FieldingSteven P Armes
Jun 27, 2014·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Nicholas J Warren, Steven P Armes
Sep 26, 2014·Soft Matter·K L ThompsonS P Armes
Apr 4, 2015·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Kate L ThompsonSteven P Armes
Aug 28, 2015·Chemical Reviews·Per B ZetterlundMuriel Lansalot
Jul 1, 2015·Chemical Science·K L ThompsonS P Armes
Citations
Oct 5, 2019·Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture·Mingzhu MeiZhiling Liu
Aug 5, 2017·Materials·Zhen Wang, Yapei Wang
Aug 1, 2016·Chemical Science·Matthew J DerrySteven P Armes
Jul 12, 2019·Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences·Gregory N SmithSteven P Armes
Apr 10, 2018·Chemical Science·Gregory N SmithSteven P Armes
Jan 13, 2017·ACS Omega·Shuozhen ChengJinfeng Dong
Oct 3, 2018·Biomacromolecules·Juliette LomègeSylvain Caillol
Dec 17, 2020·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Saul J Hunter, Steven P Armes
Aug 1, 2018·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Qinmo LuoEmily Pentzer
Oct 20, 2018·Macromolecules·O J DeaneS P Armes
Sep 29, 2021·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Yong GaoChenze Qi