Issue 3, 2006

Aqueous suspension of amphiphilic diblock copolymernanoparticles prepared in situ from a water-soluble poly(sodium acrylate) alkoxyamine macroinitiator

Abstract

The simple, one step synthesis of aqueous suspensions of amphiphilic nanoparticles is presented. Those particles are prepared in the batch heterophase polymerization of styrene or n-butyl acrylate, using a water-soluble poly(sodium acrylate) alkoxyamine macroinitiator. The nitroxide-mediated controlled growth of the hydrophobic block leads to the formation of poly(sodium acrylate)-b-polystyrene or poly(sodium acrylate)-b-poly(n-butyl acrylate) amphiphilic diblock copolymers, able to self-assemble in water simultaneously to the growth step. When the diblock copolymers become strongly asymmetrical, with a short poly(sodium acrylate) block and a long hydrophobic one, the formed hairy nanoparticles are analogous to amphiphilic diblock copolymer crew-cut micelles.

Graphical abstract: Aqueous suspension of amphiphilic diblock copolymer nanoparticles prepared in situ from a water-soluble poly(sodium acrylate) alkoxyamine macroinitiator

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Oct 2005
Accepted
05 Jan 2006
First published
20 Jan 2006

Soft Matter, 2006,2, 223-231

Aqueous suspension of amphiphilic diblock copolymer nanoparticles prepared in situ from a water-soluble poly(sodium acrylate) alkoxyamine macroinitiator

G. Delaittre, J. Nicolas, C. Lefay, M. Save and B. Charleux, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 223 DOI: 10.1039/B515267D

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