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Jiang, YuHadjichristidis, Nikos

KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Polymer Synthesis Laboratory
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2019-07-24Online Publication Date
2019-07-24Print Publication Date
2019-09Embargo End Date
2020-07-25Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/660937
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A novel synthetic strategy towards pH-responsive aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active tetraphenylethene (TPE)-functionalized polyethylene-based block copolymers is presented. Tris(3-(4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)phenoxy)propyl)borane was used to initiate the polyhomologation of dimethylsulfoxonium methylide to afford well-defined α-TPE-ω-OH linear polyethylenes (PE). The terminal hydroxyl groups were transformed to atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiating sites by esterification with α-bromoisobutyryl bromide, followed by polymerization of tert-butyl acrylate (tBA) to provide TPE-PE-b-PtBA block copolymers. After hydrolysis of the tBu group to COOH group, the corresponding pH-responsive TPE-PE-b-PAA block copolymers were obtained. All synthesized block copolymers revealed AIE behavior either in solution or bulk. Due to the pH-responsivity of PAA chains, the aggregation state at different pH and consequently the fluorescence intensity changed. Also, the synthesized block copolymers exhibited ion-specificity fluorescence properties.Citation
Jiang, Y., & Hadjichristidis, N. (2019). pH-responsive AIE-active Polyethylene-based Block Copolymers. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 37(9), 930–935. doi:10.1007/s10118-019-2330-0Sponsors
The research reported in this publication was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCAdditional Links
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10118-019-2330-0ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s10118-019-2330-0