Multicompartment Micelles from Blends of Terpolymers
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Gohy, Jean-Francois; Lefevre, Nathalie; D’Haese, Cecile; Höppener, Stephanie; Schubert, Ulrich S.; Kostov, Georges; Ameduri, Bruno
- Abstract:
- Poly(VDF-ter-HFP-ter-TFMA) terpolymers (in which VDF, HFP and TFMA stand for vinylidene
fluoride, hexafluoropropylene, and a-trifluoromethacrylic acid, respectively) were synthesized by iodine
transfer radical terpolymerization. These copolymers were further blended with a poly(S-b-2VP-b-EO)
triblock terpolymer (in which S, 2VP and EO stand for styrene, 2-vinylpyridine and ethylene oxide,
respectively) in N,N-dimethylformamide to lead to micelles containing a core formed of poly(VDF-ter-
HFP) segments and TFMA/2VP hydrogen-bonded complexes, and a corona of PS and PEO chains.
Depending on the content of VDF in the used poly(VDF-ter-HFP-ter-TFMA) terpolymers,
microphase-separated fluorinated nanodomains can be visualized inside the core.
- Year:
- 2011
- Type of Publication:
- Article
- Journal:
- Polymer Chemistry
- Volume:
- 2
- Pages:
- 328 - 332