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Assembly and Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles
Published on: March 2, 2020
Interpolymer Complexes of Poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) and Polyacids
Tatiana Nekrasova1, Olga Nazarova1, Elena Vlasova1
1Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoi Pr. 31, 199004 St Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
It has been shown that macromolecules of poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) can form hydrogen bonded interpolymer complexes with homo- and copolymers of carboxylic acids and with poly(vinylphosphonic) acid in aqueous solutions. Polarized luminescence and IR spectroscopy were applied in the investigation. Nanosecond relaxation times characterizing the mobility of the chain fragments for the initial luminescent labeled polymers were determined and their changes by a factor of 2-50 were established during the formation of an interpolymer complex. Hydrogen bonds play a dominant role in the formation of these complexes. Hydrophobic interactions serve as an additional stabilizing factor. It is established that poly(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)/poly(vinylphosphonic acid) complex forms a looser structure in comparison with those for polycarboxylic acids as result of electrostatic repulsion between charged groups.
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