GAO Chao, QIAN Hui, WANG Shoubo, KONG Hao, WANG Shujun, YAN Deyue. BUILDING CORE-SHELL STAR POLYMERS AND POLYMER BRUSHES WITH HYDROXYL GROUPS AND DIFFERENT POLARITY LAYERS——TWO-LAYER POLYMER BRUSHES[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2004,(6):877-883.
GAO Chao, QIAN Hui, WANG Shoubo, KONG Hao, WANG Shujun, YAN Deyue. BUILDING CORE-SHELL STAR POLYMERS AND POLYMER BRUSHES WITH HYDROXYL GROUPS AND DIFFERENT POLARITY LAYERS——TWO-LAYER POLYMER BRUSHES[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2004,(6):877-883.DOI:
Multi-arm star polymers with high density of hydroxyl functional groups on the shell were synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP).Reaction of hyperbranched poly(3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyloxetane) (HP) with 2-bromo-isobutyrylbromide resulted in a multifunctional macroinitiator (HP-Br).HP-Br was used to initiate the ATRP of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) in the presence of Cu(I)Br and N
N
N′
N′
N″- pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA) in a mixed solvent of 2-butanone and 1-propanol
giving rise to various multi-arm star polymers with different lengths of arms(HP-g-PHEMA).In addition
the reaction of benzoyl chloride with HP-g-PHEMA indicated that the hydroxyl groups were reactive.The structure and thermal properties of the resultant polymer brushes were characterized and confirmed with 1H-NMR