Novel photolabile diblock copolymers bearing truxillic acid derivative junctions

…, L Jia, Z Wang, A Di-Cicco, D Levy, P Keller

Index: Yang, Hong; Jia, Lin; Wang, Zhifei; Di-Cicco, Aurelie; Levy, Daniel; Keller, Patrick Macromolecules, 2011 , vol. 44, # 1 p. 159 - 165

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Abstract

Amphiphilic diblock copolymers, poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly (acrylate), bearing truxillic acid derivatives at the junction point between the two blocks are described. The truxillic acid junction can be selectively cut by UV light, leading to a disassembly of the nano-objects made by self-assembly of the amphiphilic copolymers in water.