[Polym.Chem.]ABx -type amphiphilic macromonomer-based supramolecular hyperbranched polymers for controllable self-assembly
writer：Tingting Liu, Shuodong Wang, Yanli Song, Jiawei Li, Hongxia Yan and Wei Tian*
keywords：supramolecular hyperbranched polymers， unimolecular micelles，amphiphilic macromonomer
source：期刊
specific source：Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 1306
Issue time：2017年
A macromonomer strategy has displayed potential advantages of constructing functional supramolecular hyperbranched polymers (SHPs); however, owing to the limited functional group number and weak noncovalent interactions, it is difficult to control the dynamic self-assembly process of SHPs based on the reported AB 2 -type hydrophilic macromonomers. In this work, a novel SHP was first constructed using an AB x -type (x > 2) amphiphilic macromonomer for tuning its self-assembly morphology, size and dynamic process. The obtained SHPs formed ellipsoidal unimolecular micelles with sizes of approximately 10 nm by directly dissolving SHP precursors in a 0.5 mol L ?1 NaCl solution. These unimolecular micelles further self-assembled into branched aggregates in aqueous solutions after the removal of NaCl. SHP-based unimolecular micelles present a higher sensitivity for drug sensing in comparison with further branched self-assemblies. Obtaining SHPs through the AB x -type amphiphilic macromonomer may be a novel strategy to deeply investigate the relationships between polymer structures and self-assemblies and regulate their functionality.
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http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/PY/C6PY02215D#!divAbstract