Synthesis and self-assembly of poly(benzyl ether)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) dendritic-linear polymers

Here, the dendritic chloric poly(benzyl ether) (G1-Cl, G2-Cl and G3-Cl) as the macroinitiator for the controlled atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of methyl methylacrylate was investigated. Polymers obtained were characterizated by GPC, 1H NMR, FT-IR, TGA and DSC. These dendritic-linear block polymers that consist of linear and dendritic segments have very good solubility in common organic solvents at room temperature. In a selective solvent (THF/H2O), polymers can self-assembled into the micelles that have a spherical morphology in shape due to the lowest of the surface energies.