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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.18, No.10, 945-952, 1997
Novel amphiphilic linear polymer/dendrimer block copolymer: Synthesis of poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) block poly(amido amine) dendrimer
Novel linear polymer/dendrimer block copolymers, poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)-block-poly(amido amine) dendrimers (water-soluble full-generation type 4 (G = 4.0 and 5.0) and amphiphilic half-generation type 5 (G = 3.5, 4.5, and.5)), were synthesized by divergent-growth dendrimer construction with omega-ethylenediamine-terminated poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), which was prepared by living ring-opening polymerization of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline. Assembly of the amphiphilic dendrimer-based block copolymer (G = 5.5) was investigated by surface tension measurements (critical micelle concentration, 0.49 wt.-%) and by small-angle neutron scattering analysis (spherical particles; assembled number, ca. 10(3)).