TY  - JOUR
A1  - Vishnevetskaya, Natalya S.
A1  - Hildebrand, Viet
A1  - Niebuur, Bart-Jan
A1  - Grillo, Isabelle
A1  - Filippov, Sergey K.
A1  - Laschewsky, Andre
A1  - Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
A1  - Papadakis, Christine M.
T1  - Aggregation Behavior of Doubly Thermoresponsive Polysulfobetaine-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Diblock Copolymers
JF  - Macromolecules : a publication of the American Chemical Society
N2  - A 2-fold thermoresponsive diblock copolymer PSPP430-b-PNIPAM(200) consisting of a zwitterionic polysulfobetaine (PSPP) block and a nonionic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) block is prepared by successive RAFT polymerizations. In aqueous solution, the corresponding homopolymers PSPP and PNIPAM feature both upper and lower critical solution temperature (UCST and LCST) behavior, respectively. The diblock copolymer exhibits thermally induced "schizophrenic" aggregation behavior in aqueous solutions. Moreover, the ion sensitivity of the, cloud point of the zwitterionic PSPP block to both the ionic strength and the nature of the salt offers the possibility to create switchable systems which respond sensitively to changes of the temperature and of the electrolyte type and concentration. The diblock copolymer solutions in D2O are investigated by means of turbidimetry and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) with respect to the phase behavior and the self-assembled structures in dependence on temperature and electrolyte content. Marked, differences of the aggregation below the UCST-type and above the LCST-type transition are observed. The addition of a small amount of NaBr (0.004 M) does not affect the overall behavior, and only the UCST-type transition and aggregate structures are slightly altered, reflecting the well-known ion sensitivity of the zwitterionic PSPP block.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01186
SN  - 0024-9297
SN  - 1520-5835
VL  - 49
SP  - 6655
EP  - 6668
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  -