Self-Assembly of Brush-Like Poly[poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate] Synthesized via Aqueous Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Langmuir ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (34) ◽  
pp. 12690-12690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazrat Hussain ◽  
Khine Yi Mya ◽  
Chaobin He
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patcharin Kanhakeaw ◽  
Boonjira Rutnakornpituk ◽  
Uthai Wichai ◽  
Metha Rutnakornpituk

This work presented the surface modification of magnetite nanoparticle (MNP) with poly[(t-butyl acrylate)-stat-(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)] copolymers (P[(t-BA)-stat-PEGMA])viaa surface-initiated “grafting from” atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Loading molar ratio oft-BA to PEGMA was systematically varied (100 : 0, 75 : 25, 50 : 50, and 25 : 75, resp.) such that the degree of hydrophilicity of the copolymers, affecting the particle dispersibility in water, can be fine-tuned. The reaction progress in each step of the synthesis was monitoredviaFourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The studies in the reaction kinetics indicated that PEGMA had higher reactivity than that oft-BA in the copolymerizations. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) indicated that the molecular weights of the copolymers increased with the increase of the monomer conversion. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that the particles were spherical with averaged size of 8.1 nm in diameter. Dispersibility of the particles in water was apparently improved when the copolymers were coated as compared to P(t-BA) homopolymer coating. The percentages of MNP and the copolymer in the composites were determinedviathermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and their magnetic properties were investigatedviavibrating sample magnetometry (VSM).


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (37) ◽  
pp. 23114-23121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbo Tan ◽  
Dongdong Liu ◽  
Xuechao Zhang ◽  
Chundong Huang ◽  
Jun He ◽  
...  

We report a photoinitiated dispersion polymerization of 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA) in the presence of silica nanoparticles using a poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether (mPEG) macromolecular chain transfer agent (macro-CTA).


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