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pH‐Responsive Vesicles from a Schizophrenic Diblock Copolymer
Author(s) -
Du Jianzhong,
O'Reilly Rachel K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201000022
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , vesicle , raft , zeta potential , aqueous solution , membrane , reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer polymerization , tertiary amine , polymerization , chemistry , amine gas treating , materials science , radical polymerization , polymer , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , biochemistry
Abstract A novel tertiary amine and amino acid‐based “schizophrenic” pH‐responsive block copolymer, PDEA‐ b ‐PAP, has been synthesized by RAFT polymerization. By directly dissolving this copolymer in acid or basic aqueous solution block copolymer vesicles with switchable coronas and membranes were prepared. These novel assemblies were characterized using TEM, DLS, zeta potential, and SLS analysis.