Issue 7, 2021

Thermoresponsive dynamic BAB block copolymer networks synthesized by aqueous PISA in one-pot

Abstract

We report a straightforward process to produce well-defined dynamic networks of associative BAB triblock copolymers through two successive polymerization steps conducted in one-pot and exclusively in water. The copolymers are composed of a hydrophilic poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) A block extended in a typical RAFT-PISA dispersion formulation with two lateral associative statistical poly(diacetone acrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) B blocks. The viscosity of the samples is strongly modified by the N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAc) content in the B block. This is attributed to the formation of a transient network for which the exchange dynamics of the B blocks between micelles and/or the number of bridges within the network depend on the DMAc content. Rheology analyses showed that transient networks are formed that exhibit a thermoresponsive behavior with a maximum viscosity as a function of temperature, presumably caused by a maximum of bond lifetime and/or number of elastically active chains.

Graphical abstract: Thermoresponsive dynamic BAB block copolymer networks synthesized by aqueous PISA in one-pot

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Oct 2020
Accepted
24 Jan 2021
First published
25 Jan 2021

Polym. Chem., 2021,12, 1040-1049

Thermoresponsive dynamic BAB block copolymer networks synthesized by aqueous PISA in one-pot

P. Biais, M. Engel, O. Colombani, T. Nicolai, F. Stoffelbach and J. Rieger, Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 1040 DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01424A

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