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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Lee, Chang-uk Smart, Thomas P. Guo, Li Epps, Thomas H. Zhang, Donghui |
| Abstract | N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-mediated ring-opening polymerization of N-decylN-carboxylanhydride monomer (De-NCA) has been shown to occur in a controlled manner, yielding cyclic poly(N-decyl-glycine)s (c-PNDGs) with polymer molecular weights (MW) between 4.8 and 31 kg·mol−1 and narrow molecular weight distributions (PDI < 1.15). The reaction exhibits pseudo-first order kinetics with respect to monomer concentration. The polymer MW increases linearly with conversion, consistent with a living polymerization. ESI MS and SEC analysesconfirm the cyclic architectures of the forming polymers. DSC and WAXS studies reveal that the c-PNDG homopolymers are highly crystalline with two prominent first order transitions at 72–79°C (Tm,1) and 166–177°C (Tm,2), which have been attributed to the side chain and main chain melting respectively. A series of amphiphilic cyclic diblock copolypeptoids [i.e.,poly(N-methyl-glycine)-b-poly(N-decyl-glycine) (c-PNMG-b-PNDG)] with variable molecular weight and composition was synthesized by sequential NHC-mediated polymerization of the corresponding N-methyl N-carboxyanhydride (Me-NCA) and De-NCA monomers. 1H NMR analysis reveals that adjusting the initial monomer to NHC molar ratio can readily control the block copolymer chain length and composition. Time-lapsed light scattering and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) analysis of c-PNDG-b-PNMG samples revealed that the amphiphilic cyclic block copolypeptoids self-assemble into spherical micelles that reorganize into micron-long cylindrical micelles with uniform diameter in room temperature methanol over the course of several days. An identical morphological transition has also been noted for the linear analogs, which occurs more rapidly than for the cyclic copolypeptoids. We tentatively attribute this difference to the different crystallization kinetics of the solvophobic block (i.e., PNDG) in the cyclic and linear block copolypeptoids. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma2020936 |
| Ending Page | 9585 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 9574 |
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| ISSN | 00249297 |
| Journal | Macromolecules |
| Issue Number | 24 |
| Volume Number | 44 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-12-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Inorganic Chemistry Organic Chemistry Materials Chemistry Polymers and Plastics Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Organic Chemistry Materials Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Polymers and Plastics |
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