Research Article

Synthesis of Fluorinated Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Based on PEGMA, HEMA, and MMA via ATRP and CuAAC Click Chemistry

Table 1

Conditionsa and results for the synthesis of P(HEMA--MMA).

EntryComonomers in feed (% volume)PolymerTime (h) bConv. (%) c d ePDI

1HEMA(5)-MMA(95)(1a)1791930094201.39
2HEMA(20)-MMA(80)(1b)1268585073601.29
3HEMA(30)-MMA(70)(1c)1060550066901.29
4HEMA(50)-MMA(50)(1d)743438451001.23

aMonomer/solvent = 1.5 : 1 v/v, M/I/CuCl/bpy: 100/1/1/2.5, ethyl -bromoisobutyrate was used as an initiator, and temperature: r.t. bdetermined gravimetrically. cdetermined from GPC measurements. dcalculated by using formula: = × Monomer/Initiator × Conv. +   determined from GPC measurements.