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Micelles with azo dye and UV absorbent at their cores or coronas were prepared from non-amphiphilic random diblock copolymers by α,ω-diamine. Poly[4-(phenylazophenoxymethyl)styrene-ran-4-(2-hydroxybenzophenoxymethyl)styrene-ran-vinylphenol]-block-polystyrene (P(AS-r-HBS-r-VPh)-b-PSt) and poly(vinylphenol)-block-poly[4-(phenylazophenoxymethyl)styrene-ran-4-(2-hydroxybenzophenoxymethyl)styrene-ran-styrene] (PVPh-b-P(AS-r-HBS-r-St)) diblock copolymers were prepared by living radical polymerization mediated by 4-methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl. The former copolymer had a molecular weight of Mn[P(AS-r-HBS-r-VPh)-b-PSt] = 10,000-b-250,000 by 1H NMR and a molar ratio of AS:HBS:VPh = 0.01:0.01:0.98, while the latter had a molecular weight of Mn[PVPh-b-P(AS-r-HBS-r-St)] = 10,000-b-111,000 and a molar ratio of AS:HBS:St = 0.02:0.03:0.95. The copolymers showed no self-assembly in 1,4-dioxane because this solvent was non-selective to the copolymers. Dynamic light scattering demonstrated that the copolymers formed micelles in the solvent in the presence of α,ω-diamine. The hydrodynamic radii of the micelles slightly increased with the copolymer concentration decrease, while the aggregation numbers were almost independent of the copolymer concentration. It was found that P(AS-r-HBS-r-VPh)-b-PSt formed smaller micelles with a lower aggregation number than PVPh-b-P(AS-r-HBS-r-St) because of the steric hindrance of the AS and HBS units present at the micellar coronas.
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Yoshida, E., Ohta, M. Preparation of micelles with azo dye and UV absorbent at their cores or coronas using non-amphiphilic block copolymers. Colloid Polym Sci 285, 431–439 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-006-1603-7
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