Dynamics of Poly((dimethylamino)alkyl methacrylate-block-sodium methacrylate) Micelles. Influence of Hydrophobicity and Molecular Architecture on the Exchange Rate of Copolymer Molecules

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Abstract

The dynamic stability of the micellar aggregates formed by amphiphilic block copolymers, i.e., poly((dimethylamino)alkyl methacrylate-b-sodium methacrylate), has been investigated by steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. The dynamics of exchange of block copolymer molecules between the micelles, formed in aqueous solution, depend on a manifold of factors, e.g., alkyl substituent in the hydrophobic block, the relation between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks, and the architecture of the block copolymer. All copolymers investigated show a slow unimer exchange with an exchange rate constant on the order of 10-3 s-1, with a difference of a factor of 20 between the fastest and the slowest exchange. It is possible to tune the exchange rate in a controlled way; for instance, an extension or branching of the alkyl chain slows down the exchange rate. The same effect is observed when the hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance of these copolymers is increased or when either the hydrophilic or the hydrophobic moiety of diblocks is divided into two external blocks, leading to a triblock copolymer.

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