ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
phospholipid polymer
;
graft copolymer
;
macromonomer
;
surface tension
;
fluorescence
;
domain structure
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Water-soluble graft copolymers with phospholipid polar group were synthesized by the macromonomer method and their properties in water were investigated by surface tension and fluorescence spectroscopic measurements. At first, 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) was polymerized in the presence of 3-mercapt propionic acid as a chain transfer agent and carboxyl group-terminated oligo (MPC) was obtained. The oligo (MPC) reacted with glycidyl methacrylate to convert the carboxyl group to a polymerizable methacryloyl group. The MPC macromonomer obtained was copolymerized with hydrophobic n-butyl methacrylate (BMA) and a graft copolymer was obtained. The graft copolymer, poly(MPC-graft-BMA), was water-soluble when the MPC unit mole fraction was above 0.40. The surface tension of the aqueous solution of poly(MPC-graft-BMA) did not depend on the polymer concentration below 0.1 wt %. This tendency was the same as that which appeared in aqueous poly(MPC) solution. The fluorescence intensity of hydrophobic probes observed in an aqueous solution of the poly (MPC-graft-BMA) was also the same level as that observed in the case of poly(MPC). These results clearly indicated that the poly(MPC-graft-BMA) took a domain structure like micelle in water, i.e., the hydrophobic poly(BMA) backbone was in the core part and the hydrophilic poly(MPC) chain formed the shell part of the micelle. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1994.080320507
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