Abstract
Di- and triblock copolymers of ethylene oxide (EO) and ethyl acrylate (EA) were synthesized by the atom transfer radical polymerization technique. The chemical compositions of the di- and triblock copolymers as determined by NMR and gel permeation chromatography are represented by [EO114EA10] and [EA10EO445EA10], respectively. The aggregation behaviors of these polymers in aqueous solutions were studied using a combination of static light scattering (SLS), dynamic light scattering, steady fluorescence, time-resolved fluorescence quenching (TRFQ), and surface tension techniques. The hydrodynamic radii (Rh) of PEO-b-PEA and PEA-b-PEO-b-PEA, where PEO is poly(ethylene oxide) and PEA, poly(ethylene acrylate), in an aqueous solution possess values of 15.3 and 25.5 nm, respectively, and they are independent of the polymer concentrations, which suggest that these micelles are formed via the closed association model. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) for the di- and triblock copolymers as determined from t...
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