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ATRP Synthesis of poly(4-bromostyrene)-b-poly(propylene glycol) block copolymer and its self-assembly in catalystic emulsion polymerization to form luminescent nanospheres with core-shell structure

  1. Weizhi Z. Wang*,
  2. Wenbin Song,
  3. Rui Wang,
  4. Tianxi X. Liu*

Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/pola.23239

Issue

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volume 47, Issue 5, pages 1478–1483, 1 March 2009

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How to Cite

Wang, W. Z., Song, W., Wang, R. and Liu, T. X. (2009), ATRP Synthesis of poly(4-bromostyrene)-b-poly(propylene glycol) block copolymer and its self-assembly in catalystic emulsion polymerization to form luminescent nanospheres with core-shell structure. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 47: 1478–1483. doi: 10.1002/pola.23239

Author Information

  1. Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China

*Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 DEC 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 27 OCT 2008

Funded by

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 20704009, 50403012
  • Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project. Grant Number: B113
  • Opening Project of Key Lab for Special Functional Materials, Henan University. Grant Number: 0701

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Keywords:

  • atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP);
  • core-shell polymers;
  • emulsion polymerization;
  • luminescence;
  • self-assembly

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Poly(propylene glycol)-b-poly(4-bromostyrene) (PPG-b-PBS) block copolymers with different hydrophobicities have been synthesized by ATRP, which are used as micelle templates for the synthesis of nanostructured luminescent spheres by catalystic emulsion polymerizaton. The optical properties of the nanospheres can be tuned by adding 4,7-dibromo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTH) in emulsion polymerization process. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.]

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