The first amphiphilic graft copolymer bearing a hydrophilic poly(2-hydroxylethyl acrylate) backbone synthesized by successive RAFT and ATRP

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (17) ◽  
pp. 4915-4925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuyu Jiang ◽  
Xue Jiang ◽  
Guolin Lu ◽  
Chun Feng ◽  
Xiaoyu Huang

This paper reports the first synthesis of well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers, consisting of a hydrophilic poly(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate) (PHEA) backbone and hydrophobic polystyrene side chains, by the combination of RAFT polymerization, ATRP, and the grafting-from strategy.

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (50) ◽  
pp. 39668-39676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guolin Lu ◽  
Hao Liu ◽  
Haifeng Gao ◽  
Chun Feng ◽  
Yongjun Li ◽  
...  

Amphiphilic graft copolymers bearing a hydrophobic PMBTFVB backbone and hydrophilic PEG side chains were synthesized by Williamson reaction through the grafting-onto strategy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 4309-4318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Liu ◽  
Sen Zhang ◽  
Chun Feng ◽  
Yongjun Li ◽  
Guolin Lu ◽  
...  

Fluorine-containing amphiphilic graft copolymers made of a semi-fluorinated PMBTFVB backbone and hydrophilic PAA side chains were synthesized by the combination of thermal cycloaddition polymerization and ATRP.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (45) ◽  
pp. 6973-6979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangxu Sun ◽  
Chun Feng ◽  
Haoyu Liu ◽  
Xiaoyu Huang

This article reports the synthesis of well-defined graft copolymers containing a PHEA backbone and degradable PDMAEA side chains, by the combination of RAFT polymerization, SET-LRP, and the grafting-from strategy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
pp. 3156-3164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinan Cui ◽  
Xiuyu Jiang ◽  
Chun Feng ◽  
Guangxin Gu ◽  
Jie Xu ◽  
...  

This article reports the first synthesis of well-defined double hydrophilic graft copolymers with a PHEA backbone, by the combination of RAFT polymerization, SET-LRP, and a grafting-from strategy.


e-Polymers ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Zohra Sebba ◽  
Seghier Ould Kada ◽  
Mohamed Benaicha ◽  
Nerjesse Nemiche

AbstractIn this study, 2-oxopropylmethacrylate-terminated poly(N-vinyl-2- pyrrolidone) is produced by cationic polymerization using HClO4 as an initiator. Termination (end capping) step is accomplished using 2- hydroxypropylmethacrylate (2HPMA) and the polymer product has different chain lengths of molecular weight averages ranging from 672 to 3049 g/mol. The study also synthesised amphipathic graft copolymers having hydrophobic poly(α- methylstyrene) as a backbone chain and hydrophilic poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) as side chains of various lengths. The copolymer synthesis was accomplished by free radical copolymerization of ω-oxopropylmethacrylate PVP in the presence of α-methyl styrene initiated with benzoyl peroxide. Measurements of the dynamic viscosity of the polymer solution (20% weight of macromonomers in ethanol) show that the viscosity is proportional to the average molecular weights M̅n . However, a reverse behaviour of the viscosity variation with regard to M̅n is observed for graft copolymer samples. The viscosity variation with respect to the graft copolymer mass must be due to steric effects, which are strongly pronounced in grafted copolymer chains. Appearance of the number of side chains attached to poly(α-methylstyrene) backbone reveals that the grafting reaction has occurred with good efficiency.


1976 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samy Abdel Monem El-Garf

Fibers were spun from graft copolymers of polyacrylonitrile and poly(methyl acrylate). Increasing poly(methyl acrylate) side chains from 5 to 8% decreased the viscosity of the spinning solution in dimethylformamide. The spinning solutions were unstable. When the graft copolymer contained 5% side chains, the viscosity of these solutions returned to almost its initial value by heating. Fibers were obtained from graft copolymers containing from 5–13% poly(methyl acrylate) side chains. These were formed at the temperature of the coagulation bath (50°C), while at temperatures less than 50°C the fibers were not obtained. Weak fibers were produced from a graft copolymer containing 13% side chains at the temperatures of the coagulation bath (20 and 50°C). No fibers were obtained from graft copolymer containing 25% side chains. The method of dissolution of the graft copolymers does affect the drawing of fibers produced from them. It was observed that the heating of the spinning solution decreases the amount of drawing of the produced fibers. The presence of the flexible side chains of poly(methyl acrylate) in the graft copolymer improves the maximum possible degree of drawing of the fibers relative to that of fibers from the initial linear copolymer and homopolyacrylonitrile.


2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 570-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Nguyen

The use of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) in copolymer synthesis has received much interest, as the microbial polyester segments can bring interesting properties, such as biodegradability and biocompatibility. The synthesis, properties, and applications of graft copolymers containing poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) as main chain or branches are reviewed here, with emphasis on the different preparation methods, which fit into the three main synthesis strategies of graft copolymers: “grafting onto”, “grafting from”, and “grafting through” or macromonomer methods.Key words: poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates), graft copolymer, synthesis, properties, applications.


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