Abstract
Amphiphilic poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline) diblock copolymers of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MOx) building the hydrophilic block and either 2-nonyl-2-oxazoline (NOx) for the hydrophobic or 2-(1H,1H′,2H,2H′- perfluorohexyl)-2-oxazoline (FOx) for the fluorophilic block were synthesized by sequential living cationic polymerization. The polymer amphiphiles form core/shell micelles in aqueous solution as evidenced using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Whereas the diblock copolymer micelles with a hydrophobic NOxn., block are spherical, the micelles with the fluorophilic FOxn., are slightly elongated, as observed by SANS and TEM. In water, the micelles with fluorophilic and lipophilic cores do not mix, but coexist.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2248-2258 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics |
| Volume | 209 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 6 Nov 2008 |
Keywords
- Aggregation
- Diblock copolymers
- Fluorophilic block copolymers
- Micelles
- Poly(2-oxazoline)
- Small-angle neutron scattering
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