Well-defined polyacrylamides with AIE properties via rapid Cu-mediated living radical polymerization in aqueous solution: thermoresponsive nanoparticles for bioimaging. Ma, C., Han, T., Niu, N., Al-Shok, L., Efstathiou, S., Lester, D., Huband, S., & Haddleton, D. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 13(1):58–68, December, 2021.
doi  abstract   bibtex   
There is a requirement for the development of methods for the preparation of well-controlled polymers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties. This requirement directed this current work towards a robust synthetic route, which would be applicable for preparation in water and the presence of many types of functional groups. Herein, aqueous Cu-mediated living radical polymerization (LRP) has been optimized to provide facile and rapid access to a diverse range of water-soluble AIE polymers at sub-ambient temperatures. Homo-, block and statistical copolymerization all proceeded to a near full monomer conversion (\textgreater= 99%) within 1 or 2 h and exhibited narrow dispersity, even when DP was targeted up to 1000. This excellent control associated with this polymerisation technique and the high-end group fidelity achieved were further demonstrated by linear first order kinetics and successful in situ block copolymerization, respectively. Fine-tuning the monomer sequence and composition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) copolymers allows for different lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and fluorescent thermoresponsive nanoparticles, which spontaneously self-assembled to varying sizes in water as determined by a combination of techniques (DLS, SAXS and TEM). Additionally, the fluorescence intensity was demonstrated to depend on the polymer concentration, architecture of the side chains and temperature. Particularly, PNIPAM-containing polymers were resistant to reduction in thermo-induced emission. The good biocompatibility, photostability and high specificity make them promising candidates as lysosome-specific probes for application in bioimaging.
@article{ma_well-defined_2021,
	title = {Well-defined polyacrylamides with {AIE} properties via rapid {Cu}-mediated living radical polymerization in aqueous solution: thermoresponsive nanoparticles for bioimaging},
	volume = {13},
	issn = {1759-9954},
	doi = {10.1039/d1py01432c},
	abstract = {There is a requirement for the development of methods for the preparation of well-controlled polymers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties. This requirement directed this current work towards a robust synthetic route, which would be applicable for preparation in water and the presence of many types of functional groups. Herein, aqueous Cu-mediated living radical polymerization (LRP) has been optimized to provide facile and rapid access to a diverse range of water-soluble AIE polymers at sub-ambient temperatures. Homo-, block and statistical copolymerization all proceeded to a near full monomer conversion ({\textgreater}= 99\%) within 1 or 2 h and exhibited narrow dispersity, even when DP was targeted up to 1000. This excellent control associated with this polymerisation technique and the high-end group fidelity achieved were further demonstrated by linear first order kinetics and successful in situ block copolymerization, respectively. Fine-tuning the monomer sequence and composition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) copolymers allows for different lower critical solution temperature (LCST) and fluorescent thermoresponsive nanoparticles, which spontaneously self-assembled to varying sizes in water as determined by a combination of techniques (DLS, SAXS and TEM). Additionally, the fluorescence intensity was demonstrated to depend on the polymer concentration, architecture of the side chains and temperature. Particularly, PNIPAM-containing polymers were resistant to reduction in thermo-induced emission. The good biocompatibility, photostability and high specificity make them promising candidates as lysosome-specific probes for application in bioimaging.},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2021-12-18},
	journal = {POLYMER CHEMISTRY},
	author = {Ma, Congkai and Han, Ting and Niu, Niu and Al-Shok, Lucas and Efstathiou, Spyridon and Lester, Daniel and Huband, Steven and Haddleton, David},
	month = dec,
	year = {2021},
	pages = {58--68},
}

Downloads: 0