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Clothier GKK, Guimarães TR, Thompson SW, Rho JY, Perrier S, Moad G, Zetterlund PB. Multiblock copolymer synthesis via RAFT emulsion polymerization. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:3438-3469. [PMID: 37093560 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00115b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
A multiblock copolymer is a polymer of a specific structure that consists of multiple covalently linked segments, each comprising a different monomer type. The control of the monomer sequence has often been described as the "holy grail" of synthetic polymer chemistry, with the ultimate goal being synthetic access to polymers of a "perfect" structure, where each monomeric building block is placed at a desired position along the polymer chain. Given that polymer properties are intimately linked to the microstructure and monomer distribution along the constituent chains, it goes without saying that there exist seemingly endless opportunities in terms of fine-tuning the properties of such materials by careful consideration of the length of each block, the number and order of blocks, and the inclusion of monomers with specific functional groups. The area of multiblock copolymer synthesis remains relatively unexplored, in particular with regard to structure-property relationships, and there are currently significant opportunities for the design and synthesis of advanced materials. The present review focuses on the synthesis of multiblock copolymers via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization implemented as aqueous emulsion polymerization. RAFT emulsion polymerization offers intriguing opportunities not only for the advanced synthesis of multiblock copolymers, but also provides access to polymeric nanoparticles of specific morphologies. Precise multiblock copolymer synthesis coupled with self-assembly offers material morphology control on length scales ranging from a few nanometers to a micrometer. It is imperative that polymer chemists interact with physicists and material scientists to maximize the impact of these materials of the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Glenn K K Clothier
- Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- MACROARC, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane City, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- Cluster for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Luo X, Li Z, Zhang L, Chen Y, Tan J. Mechanistic Investigation of the Position of Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Groups in Heterogeneous RAFT Polymerization. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xinyi Luo
- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Rolland M, Truong NP, Parkatzidis K, Pilkington EH, Torzynski AL, Style RW, Dufresne ER, Anastasaki A. Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles from a Low-Energy Nanoemulsion. JACS AU 2021; 1:1975-1986. [PMID: 34841413 PMCID: PMC8611665 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Nanoemulsion technology enables the production of uniform nanoparticles for a wide range of applications. However, existing nanoemulsion strategies are limited to the production of spherical nanoparticles. Here, we describe a low-energy nanoemulsion method to produce nanoparticles with various morphologies. By selecting a macro-RAFT agent (poly(di(ethylene glycol) ethyl ether methacrylate-co-N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide) (P(DEGMA-co-HPMA))) that dramatically lowers the interfacial tension between monomer droplets and water, we can easily produce nanoemulsions at room temperature by manual shaking for a few seconds. With the addition of a common ionic surfactant (SDS), these nanoscale droplets are robustly stabilized at both the formation and elevated temperatures. Upon polymerization, we produce well-defined block copolymers forming nanoparticles with a wide range of controlled morphologies, including spheres, worm balls, worms, and vesicles. Our nanoemulsion polymerization is robust and well-controlled even without stirring or external deoxygenation. This method significantly expands the toolbox and availability of nanoemulsions and their tailor-made polymeric nanomaterials.
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- Manon Rolland
- Laboratory
for Polymeric Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Polymeric Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Monash
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash
University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Laboratory
for Polymeric Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Monash
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash
University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Laboratory
of Soft and Living Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Soft and Living Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Soft and Living Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Polymeric Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Liu D, He J, Zhang L, Tan J. 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Heterogenous Reversible Deactivation Radical Polymerization at Room Temperature. Recent Advances and Future Opportunities. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:1660-1669. [PMID: 35619385 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Heterogenous reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) has become an important method for the preparation of a diverse set of well-defined polymer materials in dispersed systems. Conducting heterogeneous RDRP at room temperature seems to be a minor adjustment in polymerization technique but this will lead to a great opportunity for functional polymer synthesis, developing of interesting heterogeneous RDRP systems, and better mechanistic insights into heterogeneous RDRP. In this Viewpoint, we highlight some recent advances of room-temperature heterogeneous RDRP that are challenging to achieve via traditional thermally initiated heterogeneous RDRP. We hope that this Viewpoint can provide some inspiration for both experts in this field and new comers, as well as nonexperts who are interested in preparing their own polymer materials by conducting room-temperature heterogeneous RDRP.
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- Dongdong Liu
- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Stace SJ, Vanderspikken J, Howard SC, Li G, Muir BW, Fellows CM, Keddie DJ, Moad G. Ab initio RAFT emulsion polymerization mediated by small cationic RAFT agents to form polymers with low molar mass dispersity. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00893d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report on low molar mass cationic RAFT agents that provide predictable molar mass and low molar mass dispersities (Đm) in ab initio emulsion polymerization.
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- Sarah J. Stace
- School of Science and Technology
- University of New England
- Armidale
- Australia
- CSIRO Manufacturing
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- CSIRO Manufacturing
- Clayton South
- Australia
- Hasselt University
- Institute for Materials Research (IMO)
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- CSIRO Manufacturing
- Clayton South
- Australia
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- School of Science and Technology
- University of New England
- Armidale
- Australia
- School of Biology
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Zhang X, Hua Q, Meng P, Wang M, Wang Y, Sun L, Ma L, Wang B, Yu C, Wei H. Fabrication of biocleavable crosslinked polyprodrug vesicles via reversible donor–acceptor interactions for enhanced anticancer drug delivery. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00404a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Reversible donor–acceptor interactions were used to prepare biocleavable crosslinked polyprodrug vesicles toward enhanced anticancer drug delivery.
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Yang Q, Zhang X, Ma W, Ma Y, Chen D, Wang L, Zhao C, Yang W. Visible light-induced RAFT polymerization of methacrylates with benzaldehyde derivatives as organophotoredox catalysts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Qian Yang
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering; Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Beijing 100029 China
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Yu M, Tan J, Yang J, Zeng Z. Z-type and R-type macro-RAFT agents in RAFT dispersion polymerization – another mechanism perspective on PISA. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py00605a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The location of RAFT groups plays a key role for the living polymerization process and the formation of nano-objects in RAFT dispersion polymerization.
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- Mingguang Yu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-Sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- China
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- Department of Polymeric Materials and Engineering
- School of Materials and Energy
- Guangdong University of Technology
- Guangzhou 510006
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-Sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Sun Yat-Sen University
- Guangzhou 510275
- China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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Fuchs AV, Thurecht KJ. Interfacial RAFT Miniemulsion Polymerization: Architectures from an Interface. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Adrian V. Fuchs
- Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and Centre for Advanced Imaging; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Australia
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- Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and Centre for Advanced Imaging; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology; Brisbane 4072 Australia
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Cunningham VJ, Alswieleh AM, Thompson KL, Williams M, Leggett GJ, Armes SP, Musa OM. Poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)–Poly(benzyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, and Interfacial Activity. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma501140h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Victoria J. Cunningham
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7HF, U.K
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- Ashland Specialty Ingredients, 1005 US 202/206, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807, United States
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