The effect of polymer end-group on the formation of styrene – maleic acid lipid particles (SMALPs)

Abstract

A series of block copolymers comprising styrene and maleic acid (SMA) has been prepared using RAFT polymerisation. RAFT often results in a large hydrophobic alkylthiocarbonylthio end group and this work...

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“…14 b). As suggested by the previous research study [ 15 ], this chain-end can facilitate different binding effect comparing to those commercial PSMA sources. Assuming that 1000P was made by benzoyl peroxide (BPO) initiator and that it carries the BPO-end, folding this BPO-terminated segment into the hydrophobic core of the PSMA aggregates would be easier than that of the hydroxyl-terminated end of photo-PSMA.…”

“…According to Morrison and coworkers [ 12 ], the low molecular weight PSMA types (<10 kDa) were suggested. To achieve this, suitable chain transfer agents were introduced into the polymerization mixture [ [13] , [14] , [15] ]. Tetrabromomethane (CBr 4 ) is a known chain transfer agent used in radical polymerization because of its relatively high chain transfer constant [ 16 ].…”