Issue 14, 2011
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Soft Matter

Self-assembly of double hydrophilic block copolymers in concentrated aqueous solution†

Adam Blanazs,a   Nicholas J. Warren,a   Andrew L. Lewis,b   Steven P. Armes*a  and  Anthony J. Ryan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, UK
E-mail: s.p.armes@shef.ac.uk, tony.ryan@shef.ac.uk
Fax: +44 114 2229346
Tel: +44 114 22 29342

b Biocompatibles UK Ltd, Chapman House, Farnham Business Park, Farnham, Surrey, UK

Abstract

We report the unusual aqueous (micro)phase separation of binary mixtures of two biocompatible, hydrophilic homopolymers and the corresponding double-hydrophilic diblock copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl phosphorylcholine) (PMPC). SAXS analysis of these double hydrophilic block copolymers in concentrated aqueous solution shows highly hydrated nano-structures and a hydration mechanism is proposed based on these data.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of double hydrophilic block copolymers in concentrated aqueous solution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SM05771E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Apr 2011
Accepted
26 May 2011
First published
09 Jun 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 6399-6403

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Self-assembly of double hydrophilic block copolymers in concentrated aqueous solution

A. Blanazs, N. J. Warren, A. L. Lewis, S. P. Armes and A. J. Ryan, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 6399 DOI: 10.1039/C1SM05771E

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