Table 1. Summary of Data Obtained for HOOC-PGMA43–HPMAX Diblock Copolymer Vesicles Illustrating Their pH- and Thermo-responsive Behavior.
PHPMA DP | Mna (g mol–1) | Mn/Mwa | particle diameter at pH 3.5 and 25 °Cb (nm) | PDIb | pH responsive? | morphology after 3.5 to 6.0 pH switchc | temperature responsive? | morphology after 20 to 5 °C temperature switchc | dual responsive? | morphology after temperature and pH switchc |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
175 | 42800 | 1.16 | 157 | 0.218 | yes | spheres and spherical dimers | yes | worms | yes | spheres and spherical dimers |
200 | 51500 | 1.16 | 237 | 0.264 | yes | worms | no | vesicles | yes | spheres and spherical dimers |
225 | 58700 | 1.15 | 232 | 0.108 | no | vesicles | no | vesicles | yes | spheres and spherical dimers |
250 | 65400 | 1.16 | 211 | 0.058 | no | vesicles | no | vesicles | yes | spheres and spherical dimers |
Measured by DMF GPC using a series of near-monodisperse PMMA calibration standards.
Measured using dynamic light scattering (DLS).
Determined by TEM.