Stable aqueous dispersion of pegylated nanoparticles by polyelectrolyte complex formation

Dilyana Paneva, Laetitia Mespouille, François Bougard, Nevena Manolova, Philippe Degée, Iliya Rashkov, Philippe Dubois

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Abstract

Stable aqueous dispersions of nanoparticles were prepared by polyelectrolyte complex formation between well-defined poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-l-propane sodium sulfonate) and poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] diblock copolymers. Controlled synthesis of the copolymers was achieved by water-based atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The nanoparticles were characterized by a quite narrow and monomodal size distribution as evidenced by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and confirmed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after solution casting and freeze-drying.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1361-1365
Number of pages5
JournalMacromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume28
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jun 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
  • Diblock copolymers
  • Nanoparticles
  • Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs)

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