Compared with the post-polymerization cross-linking strategy, in situ cross-linking by divinyl comonomers in polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a more straightforward and convenient approach to produce structurally stabilized nano-objects. However, cross-linking...
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The size and size distribution of polymeric nanoparticles have great impact on their physicochemical and biological properties. Polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) has been demonstrated to be an efficient method to fabricate various polymeric nanoparticles, among which polymeric vesicles have attracted great interest due to their unique hollow structure. However, polymeric vesicles with relatively broad size distributions and random size are normally formed, which is problematic for many potential applications. Herein, we report the synthesis of polymeric vesicles with low‐polydispersity and controllable size by polymerization‐induced self‐assembly. A mixed macro RAFT agent of three different poly(ethylene glycol) (PEGm‐CPADB) was used to mediate the RAFT dispersion copolymerization of 7‐(2‐methacryloyloxyethoxy)‐4‐methylcoumarin (CMA) and benzyl methacrylate (BzMA), which generated vesicles with low‐polydispersity (< 0.1) and controllable size in the scope of sub‐100 nm. In comparison, RAFT dispersion copolymerization of CMA and BzMA using a single PEG‐CPADB as the macro RAFT agent generated vesicles with adjustable but obviously larger size and broader size distributions (> 0.1). The results demonstrate that the ternary stabilizers play a crucial role in the formation of small and low‐polydispersity vesicles.
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has been demonstrated to be a powerful strategy to produce polymeric nano-objects of various morphologies. Dependent on the solubility of monomers, PISA is usually classified into two...
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