Polymer, Vol.46, No.1, 81-87, 2005
Synthesis and self-assembly of poly(benzyl ether)-b-poly (methyl methaerylate) dendritic-linear polymers
Here, the dendritic chloric poly(benzyl ether) (G(1)-Cl, G(2)-Cl and G(3)-Cl) as the macroinitiator for the controlled atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methylacrylate was investigated. Polymers obtained were characterizated by GPC, H-1 NMR, FT-IR, TGA and DSC. These dendritic-linear block polymers that consist of linear and dendritic segments have very good solubility in common organic solvents at room temperature. In a selective solvent (THF/H2O), polymers can self-assembled into the micelles that have a spherical morphology in shape due to the lowest of the surface energies. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.