Macromolecular Research, Vol.17, No.11, 926-930, November, 2009
Encapsulation of Nanomaterials within Intermediary Layer Cross-linked Micelles Using a Photo-Cross-linking Agent
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A new method for encapsulating nanomaterials within intermediary layer cross-linked (ILCL) polymeric micelles using a bifunctional photo-cross-linking agent was developed. For ILCL polymeric micelles, an amphiphilic triblock copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PEGPHEMA-PMMA) was synthesized via consecutive atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Di(4-hydroxyl benzophenone) dodecanedioate (BPD) was used as a bifunctional photo-cross-linking agent. The PMMA-tethered Au nanoparticles and BPD, or pyrene and BPD were encapsulated in the PEG-PHEMA-PMMA micelles, and their intermediary layers were photo-cross-linked by UV irradiation for 1 h. The HEMA units donated labile hydrogens to the excited-state benzophenone groups in BPD, and they were subsequently cross-linked by BPD through radicalradical combination. The spherical structures of the PEG-PHEMA-PMMA micelles containing the Au nanoparticles or pyrene were unaffected by the photo-cross-linking process.
Keywords:amphiphilic triblock copolymer;intermediary layer cross-linked (ILCL) micelles;photo-cross-linking agent;encapsulation
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