One-pot synthesis of poly(methacrylic acid)-b-poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate) diblock copolymers via RAFT polymerization |
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Authors: | Longhai Guo Yongjing Jiang Teng Qiu Yan Meng Xiaoyu Li |
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Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China;2. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Synthesis and Application of Waterborne Polymer, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China |
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Abstract: | In this work, the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization was utilized to synthesize the amphiphilic diblock copolymers of poly(methacrylic acid)-b-poly(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate) (PMAA-b-PTFEMA) via one-pot two-step reaction protocol. The controlled radical polymerization of MAA monomer was first carried out in pure water by using 4-cyanopentanoic acid dithiobenzoate (CADB) as chain transfer agent. Subsequently, the as-synthesized PMAA homopolymers with dithiobenzoate end-groups were employed as macro-CTA and chain-extended in situ with the hydrophobic TFEMA monomer. The reactions were carried out in 1,4-dioxane/water medium. Both the polymerization of PMAA and PTFEMA blocks showed the well controllability on the molecular weighs and distributions. It was found that the amphiphilic diblock copolymers formed the stable spherical particles via the polymerization-induced self-assembly. Meanwhile, the effect of various parameters, such as the concentration ratio of TFEMA monomer over PMAA macro-CTA, the solvent condition (different ratio of 1,4-dixane/water), and the pH, on the RAFT polymerization of TFEMA monomer were investigated in detail. Their kinetic results suggested that the propagation of TFEMA monomer on the macro-CTA was performed at the particle/water interfaces. The concentration of chain transfer agents at the interfaces determined the polymerization rate. Finally, the stability of the fluorinated polymer dispersions was also evaluated in this work. |
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Keywords: | Amphiphilic block copolymer Fluoropolymer RAFT polymerization |
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