Crosslinkable micelles from diblock amphiphilic copolymers based on vinylbenzyl thymine and vinylbenzyl triethylammonium chloride

Abstract

Polymeric micelles (PMs) composed of self-assembled amphiphilic block copolymers were synthesized from vinylbenzyl thymine (VBT) and vinylbenzyl triethylammonium chloride (VBA) exhibiting improved physical stability. Three diblock copolymers of different chemical compositions and similar molecular weights (polydispersities below 1.5) were obtained via nitroxide mediated radical polymerization. Critical micelle concentration (CMC) was determined by dye micellization method, the shift of the absorption peak of the anionic (EY) due to the interactions with non-assembled chains and auto-assembled copolymers was followed. Polymeric systems exhibited good stability revealing that a higher proportion of cationic monomers in the diblock reduce the CMC. Furthermore,<br />after the core of PMs was photocrosslinked by UV irradiation, the CMC decreases notably. Kinetic release studies using EY dye as probe demonstrated that both, higher VBA ratios in the polymer and higher UV-irradiation, slow down the dye release.Fil: Barbarini, Alejandro Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Física del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Estenoz, Diana Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico Para la Industria Química (i); ArgentinaFil: Martino, Debora Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe. Instituto de Física del Litoral; Argentin

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