Mechanistic insights into the formation of polyion complex aggregates from cationic thermoresponsive diblock copolymers.
Capillary electrophoresis
Double hydrophilic block copolymers
Dynamic light scattering
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Polyion complexes
Small-angle X-ray scattering
Thermoresponsive polymers
Journal
Journal of colloid and interface science
ISSN: 1095-7103
Titre abrégé: J Colloid Interface Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0043125
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 May 2021
15 May 2021
Historique:
received:
11
10
2020
revised:
11
12
2020
accepted:
10
01
2021
pubmed:
7
2
2021
medline:
7
2
2021
entrez:
6
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The formation of polyion complexes (PICs) comprising thermoresponsive polymers is intended to result in the formation of aggregates that undergo significant structural changes with temperature. Moreover the observed modifications might be critically affected by polymer structure and PICs composition. Different block copolymers based on cationic poly(3-acrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride) and thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) were synthesized by aqueous RAFT/MADIX polymerization at room temperature. Addition of poly(acrylic acid) in a controlled fashion led to the formation of PICs aggregates. The structural changes induced by temperature were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy and scattering methods. Thermoresponsive PICs undergo significant structural changes when increasing temperature above the cloud point of the thermoresponsive block. The reversibility of these phenomena depends strongly on the structural parameters of the block copolymers and on PICs composition.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33548610
pii: S0021-9797(21)00032-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.01.028
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
268-276Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.