Synthesis and Thermo-Responsive Behavior of Poly(-isopropylacrylamide)--Poly(-vinylisobutyramide) Diblock Copolymer

Overview

Journal Polymers (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2024 Mar 28

PMID 38543435

Authors

Jun Hyok Yoon

Taehyoung Kim

Myungeun Seo

Sang Youl Kim

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Abstract

Thermo-responsive diblock copolymer, poly(-isopropylacrylamide)--poly(-vinylisobutyramide) was synthesized via switchable reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and its thermal transition behavior was studied. Poly(-vinylisobutyramide) (PNVIBA), a structural isomer of poly(-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) shows a thermo-response character but with a higher lower critical solution temperature (LCST) than PNIPAM. The chain extension of the PNVIBA block from the PNIPAM block proceeded in a controlled manner with a switchable chain transfer reagent, methyl 2-[methyl(4-pyridinyl)carbamothioylthio]propionate. In an aqueous solution, the diblock copolymer shows a thermo-responsive behavior but with a single LCST close to the LCST of PNVIBA, indicating that the interaction between the PNIPAM segment and the PNVIBA segment leads to cooperative aggregation during the self-assembly induced phase separation of the diblock copolymer in solution. Above the LCST of the PNIPAM block, the polymer chains begin to collapse, forming small aggregates, but further aggregation stumbled due to the PNVIBA segment of the diblock copolymer. However, as the temperature approached the LCST of the PNVIBA block, larger aggregates composed of clusters of small aggregates formed, resulting in an opaque solution.

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