Abstract
The formation of vesicles using block copolymers of the composition poly(4-(aminomethyl)styrene)-b-polystyrene was discussed. A macroinitiator was prepared by the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of (4-vinylbenzyl)phthalimide. The gel permeation chromatograms (GPC) of the block copolymers showed unimodal distributions with polydispersities of less than 1:30 and increases of molecular weights relative to the macroinitiator. The copolymer with the longest polystyrene chain yielded large vesicles indicating a large bending modulus.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1938-1941 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Langmuir |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 5 2002 |