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  • Title: Photo-cross-linkable polymer micelles in hydrogen-bonding-built layer-by-layer films.
    Author: Zhao Y, Bertrand J, Tong X, Zhao Y.
    Journal: Langmuir; 2009 Nov 17; 25(22):13151-7. PubMed ID: 19545131.
    Abstract:
    Photoactive micelles of a diblock copolymer composed of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(7-(2-methacryloyloxyethoxy)-4-methylcoumarin) (PEO-b-PCMA) were layer-by-layer assembled with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) using hydrogen-bonding between the PEO corona of the micelles and the PAA chains (pH < 3). In addition to characterizing the assembly process using a number of techniques, the tunable photo-cross-linking of polymer micelles through dimerization of the coumarin groups was used to generate interesting functions for the multilayer film. On the one hand, the easy tuning of the photo-cross-linking density could be used to control the release rate of hydrophobic guest molecules loaded in the film. On the other hand, after chemical cross-linking of PAA to stabilize the film, the photo-cross-linking of the micelles could be used to restrict the dissolution of PEO-b-PCMA chains in a good organic solvent; this cross-linking-dependent extraction of polymer micelles was utilized to vary the porosity of the film.
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