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Photopolymerization of Pluronic F127 diacrylate: a colloid-templated polymerization

Di Biase, M., de Leonardis, P., Castelletto, V., Hamley, I. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-0926, Derby, B. and Tirelli, N. (2011) Photopolymerization of Pluronic F127 diacrylate: a colloid-templated polymerization. Soft Matter, 7 (10). pp. 4928-4937. ISSN 1744-683X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1039/c1sm05095h

Abstract/Summary

Pluronic F127 diacrylate (F127DA) is a bifunctional acrylate and as such it should in principle produce macroscopically cross-linked materials; however, its photopolymerization in water does not lead to 3D-extended hydrogels. The main species present after photopolymerization appear to be cross-linked micelles, which indicates that the micellar morphology of F127DA has a template effect on the polymerization. The structural analogy causes the physical state of precursor and polymerized materials to be very similar for a wide range of concentrations (5–25% wt) and temperatures (10–37 °C). Also the long-range morphology of F127DA appears to have a template effect: samples photopolymerized in a micellar gel state and redispersed at high concentration (25% wt) show a long-range organization that depended on the concentration and therefore on the order of the precursor.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:20004
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry

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