A very mild and extremely efficient hydrolysis method for transformation of polystyrene-b-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PS-b-PtBA) to polystyrene-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PS-b-PAA) was designed and carried out using more co...A very mild and extremely efficient hydrolysis method for transformation of polystyrene-b-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PS-b-PtBA) to polystyrene-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PS-b-PAA) was designed and carried out using more convenient and inexpensive chlorotrimethylsilane/sodium iodide as reagents. The hydrolysis product can self-assemble in aqueous media to give regular micelles with PS block forming the core and PAA block forming the corona, or in tetrahydrofuran (THF) to give reverse micelles with the hydrophilic block in the core.展开更多
基金National Natural Scientific Foundation of China. (Project grant No. 29936100)
文摘A very mild and extremely efficient hydrolysis method for transformation of polystyrene-b-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PS-b-PtBA) to polystyrene-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PS-b-PAA) was designed and carried out using more convenient and inexpensive chlorotrimethylsilane/sodium iodide as reagents. The hydrolysis product can self-assemble in aqueous media to give regular micelles with PS block forming the core and PAA block forming the corona, or in tetrahydrofuran (THF) to give reverse micelles with the hydrophilic block in the core.