Materials Science and Engineering: C 2014-10-01

Synthesis and characterization of a novel water-soluble cationic diblock copolymer with star conformation by ATRP.

Shuzhao Li, Miaomiao Xiao, Anna Zheng, Huining Xiao

Index: Mater. Sci. Eng. C. Mater. Biol. Appl. 43 , 350-8, (2014)

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Abstract

A water-soluble cationic diblock copolymer, CD-PAM-b-PMeDMA, was synthesized through atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) from a β-cyclodextrin (CD) macroinitiator with 10-active sites (10Br-β-CD). In order to reduce the cytotoxicity of the CD-PAM-b-PMeDMA, biocompatible polyacrylamide (PAM) was first introduced onto the surface of β-CD as a scaffold structure by ATRP using the 10Br-β-CD as a macroinitiator. The reaction conditions of AM were explored and optimized. The ATRP of [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethyl ammonium chloride (MeDMA) was also performed to synthesize the second cationic block using the resulting CD-PAM as a macroinitiator. The resulting diblock copolymer shows an increased hydrodynamic radius in aqueous solution with a pretty low concentration compared with β-CD. In addition, it appears a near-uniform coniform after being deposited on mica ascribed to the presence of an asymmetric 10-arm structure.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.