Issue 48, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Amphiphilic star-block copolymers and supramolecular transformation of nanogel-like micelles to nanovesicles†

Jing-Ling Zhu,a   Kerh Li Liu,*b   Zhongxing Zhang,b   Xian-Zheng Zhangc  and  Jun Li*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117574, Singapore
E-mail: bielj@nus.edu.sg
Fax: +65-6872-3069
Tel: +65-6516-7273

b Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Singapore
E-mail: liukl@imre.a-star.edu.sg

c Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China

Abstract

Amphiphilic star-block copolymers based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) with adamantyl end-functionalization were synthesized via anionic ring-opening polymerization and alkyne–azide “Click Chemistry” coupling. In aqueous medium, the copolymers self-assembled into nanogel-like large compound micelles, and transformed into vesicular nanostructures under the direction of host–guest interaction between the adamantyl end and dimethyl-β-cyclodextrin.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC15965H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Sep 2011
Accepted
14 Oct 2011
First published
02 Nov 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 12849-12851

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Amphiphilic star-block copolymers and supramolecular transformation of nanogel-like micelles to nanovesicles

J. Zhu, K. L. Liu, Z. Zhang, X. Zhang and J. Li, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12849 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15965H

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