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A Novel,Amphiphilic Ethyl Cellulose Grafting Copolymer with Poly(2‐Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate) Side Chains and Its Micellization |
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| Authors: | Hongliang Kang Wenyong Liu Ruigang Liu Yong Huang |
| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Material, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China;2. Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China;3. Laboratory of Cellulose and Lignocellulosics Chemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China |
| Abstract: | Ethyl cellulose‐graft‐poly(2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (EC‐graft‐PHEMA) graft copolymers were synthesized by atom‐transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in methanol. The graft copolymers were characterized by means of gel‐permeation chromatography (GPC) and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The kinetic study indicated that the polymerization was controllable. The EC‐graft‐PHEMA copolymers self‐assembled in water into spherical micelles. The morphology of the micelles was characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electric microscopy (TEM) and the formation process of the micelles was discussed.  |
| Keywords: | amphiphilic atom‐transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) ethyl cellulose graft copolymers micelles poly(2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate) |