Issue 2, 2020

“One-pot” aminolysis/thia-Michael addition preparation of well-defined amphiphilic PVDF-b-PEG-b-PVDF triblock copolymers: self-assembly behaviour in mixed solvents

Abstract

Polyvinylidene fluoride- (PVDF) containing block copolymers are scarce and difficult to prepare. Amphiphilic block copolymers containing PVDF have been rarely reported. In consequence, few studies of the self-assembly of PVDF-based block copolymers exist. Here a new synthetic route to prepare poly(vinylidene fluoride)-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF-b-PEG-b-PVDF) ABA triblock copolymer is presented. The synthesis relies on the efficient coupling of a PVDF prepared by RAFT and a PEG diacrylate in one pot via aminolysis of the xanthate moiety and subsequent thia-Michael addition. The novel amphiphilic triblock copolymer was fully characterized by 1H and 19F NMR spectroscopies, GPC, TGA, DSC and XRD; and its self-assembly in water and ethanol was studied. Micellization (addition of a selective solvent for PVDF to a solution of the triblock) and nanoprecipitation (addition of a solution of the triblock into a non solvent of PVDF) protocols led to the formation of micelles and vesicles. Surprisingly, under nanoprecipitation conditions (in THF/ethanol), well-defined crystalline micrometric structures were obtained.

Graphical abstract: “One-pot” aminolysis/thia-Michael addition preparation of well-defined amphiphilic PVDF-b-PEG-b-PVDF triblock copolymers: self-assembly behaviour in mixed solvents

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 juil. 2019
Accepted
05 sept. 2019
First published
06 sept. 2019

Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 401-410

“One-pot” aminolysis/thia-Michael addition preparation of well-defined amphiphilic PVDF-b-PEG-b-PVDF triblock copolymers: self-assembly behaviour in mixed solvents

E. Folgado, M. Guerre, A. Da Costa, A. Ferri, A. Addad, V. Ladmiral and M. Semsarilar, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 401 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00970A

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