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高等学校化学研究 ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 132-137.doi: 10.1007/s40242-017-7218-3

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Amphiphilic Seven-arm Star Triblock Copolymers with Diverse Morphologies in Aqueous Solution Induced by Crystallization and pH

SUN Rui2, WANG Ying1, GOU Pengfei2, ZUO Min2, LI Xiaodong1, ZHU Weipu2, SHEN Zhiquan2   

  1. 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, P. R. China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
  • 收稿日期:2017-06-23 出版日期:2018-02-01 发布日期:2018-01-20
  • 通讯作者: WANG Ying,E-mail:306174@zju.edu.cn;ZHU Weipu,E-mail:zhuwp@zju.edu.cn E-mail:306174@zju.edu.cn;zhuwp@zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the Distinguished Young Investigator Fund of Zhejiang Province, China(No.LR18B040001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51603180), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (No.2017QNA4038) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2015M580517).

Amphiphilic Seven-arm Star Triblock Copolymers with Diverse Morphologies in Aqueous Solution Induced by Crystallization and pH

SUN Rui2, WANG Ying1, GOU Pengfei2, ZUO Min2, LI Xiaodong1, ZHU Weipu2, SHEN Zhiquan2   

  1. 1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, P. R. China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
  • Received:2017-06-23 Online:2018-02-01 Published:2018-01-20
  • Contact: WANG Ying,E-mail:306174@zju.edu.cn;ZHU Weipu,E-mail:zhuwp@zju.edu.cn E-mail:306174@zju.edu.cn;zhuwp@zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Distinguished Young Investigator Fund of Zhejiang Province, China(No.LR18B040001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51603180), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (No.2017QNA4038) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2015M580517).

摘要: Well-defined amphiphilic seven-arm star triblock copolymers containing hydrophobic crystalline poly(ε-caprolactone)(PCL) blocks, hydrophobic non-crystalline poly(tert-butyl acrylate)(PtBA) blocks and hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG) blocks were precisely synthesized by a combination of ring-opening polymerization(ROP), atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) and “click” reaction. Such star copolymers could self-assemble into “core-shell-corona” micelles and “multi-layer” vesicles depending on the fraction of each block. Meanwhile, the selective hydrolysis of middle PtBA blocks into the poly(acrylic acid)(PAA) blocks allowed the star block copolymers to further change their morphologies of aqueous aggregates in response to pH values.

关键词: Amphiphile, Crystallization, Hydrolysis, Self-assembly, Star block copolymer

Abstract: Well-defined amphiphilic seven-arm star triblock copolymers containing hydrophobic crystalline poly(ε-caprolactone)(PCL) blocks, hydrophobic non-crystalline poly(tert-butyl acrylate)(PtBA) blocks and hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG) blocks were precisely synthesized by a combination of ring-opening polymerization(ROP), atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) and “click” reaction. Such star copolymers could self-assemble into “core-shell-corona” micelles and “multi-layer” vesicles depending on the fraction of each block. Meanwhile, the selective hydrolysis of middle PtBA blocks into the poly(acrylic acid)(PAA) blocks allowed the star block copolymers to further change their morphologies of aqueous aggregates in response to pH values.

Key words: Amphiphile, Crystallization, Hydrolysis, Self-assembly, Star block copolymer