Solvent Effects on the Synthesis of Polymeric Nanoparticles via Block Copolymer Self-Assembly Using Microporous Membranes

2020 ◽  
Vol 1000 ◽  
pp. 324-330
Author(s):  
Sri Agustina ◽  
Masayoshi Tokuda ◽  
Hideto Minami ◽  
Cyrille Boyer ◽  
Per B. Zetterlund

The self-assembly of block copolymers has attracted attention for many decades because it can yield polymeric nanoobjects with a wide range of morphologies. Membrane emulsification is a fairly novel technique for preparation of various types of emulsions, which relies on the dispersed phase passing through a membrane in order to effect droplet formation. In this study, we have prepared polymeric nanoparticles of different morphologies using self-assembly of asymmetric block copolymers in connection with membrane emulsification. Shirasu Porous Glass (SPG) membranes has been employed as the membrane emulsification equipment, and poly (oligoethylene glycol acrylate)-block-poly (styrene) (POEGA-b-PSt) copolymers prepared via RAFT polymerization. It has been found that a number of different morphologies can be achieved using this novel technique, including spheres, rods, and vesicles. Interestingly, the results have shown that the morphology can be controlled not only by adjusting experimental parameters specific to the membrane emulsification step such as membrane pore size and pressure, but also by changing the nature of organic solvent. As such, this method provides a novel route to these interesting nanoobjects, with interesting prospects in terms of exercising morphology control without altering the nature of the block copolymer itself.

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Dae Jang ◽  
Changwoo Do ◽  
Joona Bang ◽  
Young Soo Han ◽  
Tae-Hwan Kim

A self-assembled unilamellar vesicle, which can be used as a drug delivery system, was easily and simply fabricated using a blended system of Pluronic block copolymers. Controlling the hydrophilic mass fraction of block copolymers (by blending the block copolymer with a different hydrophilic mass fraction) and temperature (i.e., the hydrophobic interaction is controlled), a vesicular structure was formed. Small angle neutron scattering measurements showed that the vesicular structure had diameters of empty cores from 13.6 nm to 79.6 nm, and thicknesses of the bilayers from 2.2 nm to 8.7 nm when the hydrophobic interaction was changed. Therefore, considering that the temperature of the vesicle formation is controllable by the concentration of the blended block copolymers, it is possible for them to be applied in a wide range of potential applications, for example, as nanoreactors and nanovehicles.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1817-1829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lichao Liu ◽  
Leilei Rui ◽  
Yun Gao ◽  
Weian Zhang

The synthesis and self-assembly of ferrocene-containing block copolymers PEG-b-PMAEFc, and the encapsulation and redox-responsive release of a model molecule (rhodamine B) upon external redox stimuli (H2O2).


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (32) ◽  
pp. 16721-16725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianpaolo Chieffi ◽  
Rocco Di Girolamo ◽  
Antonio Aronne ◽  
Pasquale Pernice ◽  
Esther Fanelli ◽  
...  

A fast method for the preparation of block-copolymer-based hybrid composite nanostructures and titania substrates well oriented over a large area, is illustrated.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 15461-15468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishnu P. Koiry ◽  
Arindam Chakrabarty ◽  
Nikhil K. Singha

Preparation of an amphiphilic block copolymer (Am-BCP) based on poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) and heptafluorobutyl acrylate (HFBA) via RAFT polymerization and application of this Am-BCP as surf-RAFT agent for polymerization of styrene.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (23) ◽  
pp. 3647-3656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoto Tanaka ◽  
Kodai Watanabe ◽  
Takuya Yamamoto ◽  
Kenji Tajima ◽  
Takuya Isono ◽  
...  

The effect of intramolecular cross-linking on aqueous self-assembly behavior was systematically investigated based on an amphiphilic block copolymer system.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (55) ◽  
pp. 44218-44221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elio Poggi ◽  
Jean-Pierre Bourgeois ◽  
Bruno Ernould ◽  
Jean-François Gohy

We report a novel approach to synthesize well-defined polymeric Janus nanoparticles by combining the self-assembly of block copolymers in thin films and surface modification by polymer grafting.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (119) ◽  
pp. 98559-98565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mumtaz ◽  
Karim Aissou ◽  
Dimitrios Katsigiannopoulos ◽  
Cyril Brochon ◽  
Eric Cloutet ◽  
...  

Controlled polymerization and self-assembly of novel block copolymer electrolytes.


Polymer ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 49 (21) ◽  
pp. 4569-4575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weidong Zhang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Nianchen Zhou ◽  
Zhenping Cheng ◽  
Jian Zhu ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Lee M. Trask ◽  
Nacu Hernandez ◽  
Eric W. Cochran

This article explores the dynamics, thermodynamics, and small-angle scattering of block copolymers. The goal is to determine what drives the applications of block copolymers, i.e. how block copolymers behave and how they are characterized. The article begins with a summary of the experimental data and various theories that comprise our understanding of block copolymer thermodynamics, with particular emphasis on phase behavior and especially the theory of microphase separation. It then considers topics related to block copolymer dynamics, including diffusion, viscoelasticity and rheology, shear-processing, and the kinetics of self-assembly. It also discusses small-angle scattering techniques as applied to block copolymer characterization, including scattering from ordered block copolymer melts.


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