Open AccessSynthesis and Characterization of Diblock and Gel-Forming Pentablock Copolymers of Tertiary Amine Methacrylates, Poly(ethylene glycol), and Poly(propylene glycol)
Author(s) -
Brian C. Anderson,
Suzan M. Cox,
Paul D. Bloom,
Valerie V. Sheares,
Surya K. Mallapragada
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecules
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.994
H-Index - 313
eISSN - 1520-5835
pISSN - 0024-9297
DOI - 10.1021/ma0211481
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , cationic polymerization , ethylene glycol , dispersity , materials science , ethylene oxide , polymer , polymerization , propylene oxide , methyl methacrylate , methacrylate , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material
Novel pH-sensitive gel-forming pentablock copolymers based on commercially available Pluronic (poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide), PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO) triblock copolymers and cationic diblock copolymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether (PEGME) were synthesized by oxyanionic polymerization. Polymerization of the cationic moiety, poly((diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate), PDEAEM, was initiated by a difunctional potassium alcoholate of the triblock Pluronic copolymer F127 (PEO106−PPO69−PEO106) or PEGME. The difunctionality of the initiation using the triblock macroinitiator, indicating formation of a pentablock copolymer rather than a tetrablock copolymer, was verified by functionalized termination of the living polymer chains. Critical micellization temperatures (cmt) of the synthesized polymers were obtained from differential scanning calorimetry for the pentablock materials. The pentablock copolymers retained the thermoreversible gel-forming properties of Pluronic F12...
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