Control of Particle Size in the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Statistical Copolymers
Thomas J. Neal, Andrew J. Parnell, Stephen M. King, Deborah L. Beattie, Martin Murray, Neal S. J. Williams, Simon Emmett, Steven P. Armes, Sebastian G. Spain, Oleksandr O. Mykhaylyk
Abstract
of the hydrophobic comonomer repeat units for the anionic (MAA) and cationic (DMAEMA) comonomer systems. This study demonstrates how nanoparticle size can be readily controlled and predicted using relatively ill-defined statistical copolymers, making such systems a viable attractive alternative to diblock copolymer nanoparticles for a range of industrial applications.
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ComonomerCopolymerAmphiphileMethacrylateMethacrylic acidPolymer chemistryMaterials scienceNanoparticleChemical engineeringAlkylChemistryOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyPolymerComposite materialEngineeringAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsElectrostatics and Colloid Interactions