An amphiphilic poly(vinylidenefluoride)-bpoly(vinyl alcohol) block copolymer: synthesis and self-assembly in water

Marc Guerre (1) , Judith Schmidt (2) , Ishi Talmon, (2) , Bruno Ameduri (1) , Vincent Ladmiral (1)

1 ICGM - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier
2 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology [Haifa]

This study is thefirst report of the synthesis and self-assembly in water of an amphiphilic PVDF-b-PVA block copolymer. The block copolymer was prepared by sequential RAFT polymerization of VDF and VAc followed by saponification of the PVAc block and was characterized by 1H NMR and FTIR. The self-assembled nanoparticles were characterized by DLS and cryo-TEM.

Mots clés: Self-assembly; amphiphilic; block copolymer; RAFT polymerization; PVDF; PVAc

Domaines: Polymères

Marc Guerre, Judith Schmidt, Ishi Talmon,, Bruno Ameduri, Vincent Ladmiral. An amphiphilic poly(vinylidenefluoride)-bpoly(vinyl alcohol) block copolymer: synthesis and self-assembly in water. Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 8, pp.1125-1128. ⟨10.1039/c6py02137a⟩. ⟨hal-01471050⟩