Abstract
The synthesis and controlled ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of a six membered cyclic carbonate monomer with pendant reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) functionality is reported. The growth of fast propagating monomers (methyl acrylate, tetrahydropyran acrylate and N-isopropylacrylamide) from the obtained RAFT-functional poly(carbonate)s resulted in the formation of well-defined graft copolymers with a biodegradable backbone, when grafting was terminated at low monomer conversions (ca. 30%). Direct dissolution of the thermally responsive poly(carbonate)-graft-PNiPAm copolymer yielded spherical micelles as confirmed by DLS and TEM analysis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2156-2164 |
Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 May 2012 |