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One-Pot Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Cellulose-Based Miktoarm Graft Copolymer by Simultaneous ATRP and ROP
Yadong Liu1, Guangcheng Huang1,2, Yuanyuan Pang1,2, Miaomiao Han1, Shengxiang Ji1,*
1
Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022,
P. R. China
2
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
* Corresponding Author:
Journal of Renewable Materials 2015, 3(2), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2014.634141
Received 20 November 2014; Accepted 08 April 2015;
Abstract
In this work, we report a one-pot synthesis of amphiphilic miktoarm cellulose graft copolymers, cellulose
(-graft-oligo(L-lactide))-graft-oligo(N-isopropylacrylamide) (Cell(-g-OLLA)-g-ONIPAM), with dual side chains
of oligo(L-lactide) and oligo(N-isopropylacrylamide) using 2-bromoisobutyl bromide functionalized cellulose
(Cell(-OH)-Br) as the macroinitiator, by simultaneously conducting ring-opening polymerization and atom
transfer radical polymerization using Cu/CuBr/PMDETA/Sn(Oct)
2
as the catalytic system. The chemical
structures and thermal properties of Cell(-g-OLLA)-g-ONIPAMs were characterized with
1
H and
13C nuclear
magnetic resonance spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and thermal gravimetric analysis. Cell
(-g-OLLA)-g-ONIPAM could self-assemble into micelles in the aqueous solution as confi rmed by
environmental scanning electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering analyses. The micellar aggregates
showed a temperature-responsive property and the sizes of micelles were infl uenced by the ratio of
temperature-responsive ONIPAM side chains. The miktoarm graft copolymers have potential applications as
biomedical or intelligent materials.
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Liu, Y., Huang, G., Pang, Y., Han, M., Ji, S. (2015). One-Pot Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Cellulose-Based Miktoarm Graft Copolymer by Simultaneous ATRP and ROP.
Journal of Renewable Materials, 3(2), 113–119. https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2014.634141