Syntheses and properties of amphiphilic poly (diethyl vinylphosphonate- co -2-chloroethyl methacrylate) copolymers.

Poly (diethyl vinylphosphonate-co-2-chloroethyl methacrylate) (P(DEVP-co-CEMA)) copolymers are synthesized by free radical copolymerization initiated by benzoyl peroxide. The reactivity ratios for the free radical copolymerization of CEMA (M1) and DEVP (M2) arer1 = 19.45 andr2 = 0.11, respectively. The desired amphiphilic copolymers with relatively low polydispersity index (PDI) and different DEVP contents are isolated and purified from the reaction mixtures through precipitation fractionation. The structures and molecular characteristics of the obtained products are characterized by1H NMR, FTIR, and SEC analysis. All of these fractionated copolymers have a unimodal distribution and moderate PDI. The thermal properties of the P(DEVP-co-CEMA) copolymers are investigated by TGA and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements. Single glass transition temperature (Tg) appears in the DSC profiles differing from the existence of twoTgs in the blend of poly (diethyl vinylphosphonate) and poly (2-chloroethyl methacrylate), which indicates the random structure of the copolymers. The MALDI–ToF mass analysis further reveals that DEVP and CEMA units are randomly distributed in the copolymer chains. The self-assembly behavior of the P(DEVP-co-CEMA) copolymers in aqueous solution is preliminarily investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]