Abstract
The amphiphilic block copolymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Ge(C6F5)2-poly(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate) was prepared by the reaction of chain transfer to bis-(pentafluorophenyl)germane during the polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide and the subsequent postpolymerization of isolated functional polymers in 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate. The conversion of the block copolymer was 68% and the molecular weight of the sample was 490,000 g/mol. The colloidal chemical properties of Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films of synthesized block copolymer have been studied. For comparison, a functional polymer, namely, poly-N-isopropylacrylamide with terminal -Ge(C6F5)2H group, was synthesized and studied. The concentrations of spreading solutions were selected and the effect of subphase acidity on the formation of monolayers of macromolecules of the block copolymer was studied. It was found that regardless of the acidity of the subphase, high pressure of fracture of films are characteristic of monolayers of collapse pressures πmax = (48-61) mN/m. The morphology of the Langmuir-Blodgett films of functional polymer exhibit isolated elongated micelles with high densities in the form of "octopus" on the periphery of which there are terminal hydrophobic groups. For the Langmuir-Blodgett film of block copolymer, a comb-like structure is observed with characteristic protrusions.
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