• Macromolecular Research
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.344-351
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• 2005

pH-sensitive block copolymers were synthesized by coupling reaction of sulfamethazine and amphiphilic diblock copolymer, and their micellization-demicellization behavior was investigated. Sulfamethazine (SM), a derivative of sulfonamide, was introduced as a pH responsive moiety while methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)poly(D,L-lactide) (MPEG-PDLLA) and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly($D,L-lactide-co-{\varepsilon}-caprolactone$) (MPEG-PCLA) were used as biodegradable amphiphilic diblock copolymers. After the sulfamethazine was carboxylated by the reaction with succinic anhydride, the diblock copolymer was conjugated with sulfamethazine by coupling reaction in the presence of DCC. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) and mean diameter of the micelles were examined at various pH conditions through fluorescence spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. For MPEG-PDLLA-SM and MPEG-PCLA-SM solutions, the pH-dependent micellization-demicellization was achieved within a narrow pH band, which was not observed in the MPEG-PDLLA and MPEG-PCLA solutions. The micelle showed a spherical morphology and had a very narrow size distribution. This pH-sensitive block copolymer shows potential as a site-targeted drug carrier.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.962-967
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• 1998

Block copolymers consisting of poly(rbenzyl L-glutamate) (PBLG) as the hydrophobic part and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) as the hydrophilic part were synthesized and characterized. Polymeric micelles of the block copolymers (abbreviated GEG) were prepared by a dialysis method. The GEG block copolymers were associated in water to form polymeric micelles, and the critical micelle concentration (CMC) values of the block copolymers decreased with increasing PBLG chain length in the block copolymers. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations revealed polymeric micelles of spherical shapes. From dynamic light scattering (DLS) study, sizes of polymeric micelles of GEG-1, GEG-2, and GEG-3 copolymer were 106.5±59.2 nm, 79.4±46.0 nm, and 37.9±13.3 nm, respectively. The drug loading contents of GEG-1, GEG-2 and GEG-3 polymeric micelles were 12.6, 11.9, and 11.0 wt %, respectively. These results indicated that the drugloading contents were dependent on PBLG chain length in the copolymer; the longer the PBLG chain length, the more the drug-loading contents. Release of norfloxacin (NFX) from the nanoparticles was slower in higher loading contents of NFX than in lower loading contents due to the hydrophobic interaction between PBLG core and NFX.

• 멤브레인
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)에 의해 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)와 methyl-methacrylate (MMA)로부터 polydimethylsiloxane-polymethylmethacrylate (PDMS-PMMA) block copolymer를 합성하였다. 합성된 PDMS-b-PMMA copolymer막의 특성은 FT-IR, $^1H$ NMR, GPC, DSC 등을 사용하여 조사하였다. 질소와 수소의 투과도는 각각 $1.2{\sim}l.5$ barrer와 $6.2{\sim}10.5$ barrer를 보였고, 질소에 대한 수소의 선택도는 $5.3{\sim}6.9$ 범위였다. PDMS-b-PMMA copolymer 막의 투과도와 선택도는 PDMS 막보다는 낮은 값을 보였고, PMMA 막보다는 높은 결과를 보였다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2004

We have studied the surface micelle formation of polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinyl pyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) at the air-water interface. A series of four PS-b-P2VPs were synthesized by anionic polymerization, keeping the PS block length constant (28 kg/㏖) and varying the P2VP block length (1, 11, 28, or 59 kg/㏖). The surface pressure-area ($\pi$-A) isotherms were measured and the surface morphology was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after Langmuir-Blodgett film deposition onto silicon wafers. At low surface pressure, the hydrophobic PS blocks aggregate to form pancake-like micelle cores and the hydrophilic P2VP block chains spread on the water surface to form a corona-like monolayer. The surface area occupied by a block copolymer is proportional to the molecular weight of the P2VP block and identical to the surface area occupied by a homo-P2VP. It indicates that the entire surface is covered by the P2VP monolayer and the PS micelle cores lie on the P2VP monolayer. As the surface pressure is increased, the $\pi$-A isotherm shows a transition region where the surface pressure does not change much with the film compression. In this transition region, which displays high compressibility, the P2VP blocks restructure from the monolayer and spread at the air-water interface. After the transition, the Langmuir film becomes much less compressible. In this high-surface-pressure regime, the PS cores cover practically the entire surface area, as observed by AFM and the limiting area of the film. All the diblock copolymers formed circular micelles, except for the block copolymer having a very short P2VP block (1 kg/㏖), which formed large, non-uniform PS aggregates. By mixing with the block copolymer having a longer P2VP block (11 kg/㏖), we observed rod-shaped micelles, which indicates that the morphology of the surfaces micelles can be controlled by adjusting the average composition of block copolymers.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2004

The aim of this study was to develop the recycling methode of alloyed recycling plastics. The compatibilizers have been used to improve the physical properties of recycling plastics. Eethylene propylene rubber(EPR), ethylene propylene diene monomer(EPDM), styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer(SEBS), maleic anhydride modified styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer(SEBS-MA) and styrene butadiene styrene block copolymer(SBS) were singled out as compatibilizers. In this study, the physical properties such as impact and tensile strength have improved above 20% by using the compatibilizers.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.131-139
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• 1995

In order to improve transmittance and response properties, various compositions of light controllable films were prepared by phase separation method. The optical and response properties were measured with the variation of PMMA/suspension ratio and block copolymer/light polarizing particles. According to the increase of the PMMA/suspension ratio, the separated droplets of suspension were interconnected in the film. Decay time was 2.6 sec when PMMA/suspension ratio was 0.5 : 1 and ΔT(difference of the transmittance at OFF/ON states) was reduced with increasing of the ratio of PMMA/suspension. On block copolymer/light polarizing particles ratio variation, the highest transmittance of the film was 67.4% when its ratio was 0.6 : 1 and decay time was varied from 2.15 to 46.6 sec as block copolymer content increased 0.2 : 1 to 1 : 1.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.62-65
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• 2008

The morphology of the $D_2O$-induced reverse micellar structure of an amphiphilic block copolymer of poly( ethylene oxide )-b-poly(propylene oxide )-b-poly( ethylene oxide )($EO_{76}PO_{29}EO_{76}$) was investigated in hydrophobic media by small angle neutron scattering (SANS). Increasing $D_2O$ in the styrene/divinylbenzene solution of $EO_{76}PO_{29}EO_{76}$ led to a change in morphology of the reverse micelles from a short range ordered molecular aggregate to a hexagonally arranged micelle, and further to a spherical micelle.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.659-662
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• 2008

A new and useful poly(ethylene oxide)-based pH-sensitive block copolymer is introduced. Poly(ethylene oxide-b-N-phenylmaleimide) was first synthesized by anionic polymerization of N-phenylmaleimide (N-PMI) using mixed alkali metal polymeric alkoxide by sequential monomer addition method in the mixture of benzene/THF/DMSO (10/5/3, v/v/v) at room temperature. Reductive deimidation of the resulting block copolymer was performed using hydrazine monohydrate leading to the formation of the corresponding pH-sensitive poly(ethylene oxide-b-maleic acid).

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.30-33
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• 2008

블락 고분자 박막과 기판 사이의 계면에 1 nm 두께의 얇은 단일 성분 고분자 나노 계면을 도입함으로써 블락 고분자 나노 구조의 배향을 조절하는 연구가 수행되었다. Polystyrene-block-poly (methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) 블락 고분자 박막의 나노 구조를 조절하기 위하여 블락 고분자의 각각의 고분자들의 평균 조성을 가지며 한쪽 끝에 히드록시 기를 가지는 단일 성분 고분자인 폴리(4-아세톡시스티렌) (OH-PAS)과 폴리(4-메톡시스티렌) (OH-PMS)를 나이트록사이드를 이용한 라디칼 중합법(nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization, NMP)을 사용하여 성공적으로 합성하였다. 실리콘 웨이퍼 표면과 저압 탈수 반응을 통하여 OH-PAS와 OH-PMS 두 개의 고분자를 성공적으로 표면에 공유결합 하였으며 생성된 두 고분자가 결합된 1 nm 두께의 계면 위에 PS-b-PMMA 블락 고분자 박막을 도포하여 그 나노 구조의 배향을 분석하였다. OH-PMS를 사용하여 제작된 계면의 경우 블락 고분자에 대하여 약 30%의 수직 배향을 보여주었고 OH-PAS를 사용하여 제작된 계면의 경우 수직 배향을 전혀 보여주지 않았고 오직 수평 배향만을 보여주었다. 결과적으로 계면의 화학적 조성을 정밀하게 조절하는 것이 블락 고분자 박막의 나노 구조 배향을 조절하는 데 가장 중요한 요소라고 고려된다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2006

A novel fabrication of the patterned surfaces in the polymer films was demonstrated by using the self-organizing character of the block copolymers of polystyrene-b-oligothiophenes and polystyrene-b-aromatic amide dendron. Hexagonally arranged open pores with a micrometer-size were spontaneously formed by casting the polymer solutions under a moist air flow. The amphiphilic character of the block copolymers played the crucial role as a surfactant to stabilize the inverse emulsion of water in the organic solvent, and subsequently the aggregated structure of the hydrophilic oligothiophene or aromatic amide dendron segments remained on the interiors of the micropores. The chemical composition on the top of the surface of the microporous films was characterized by energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) or a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer (ToF-SIMS). The characterizations clearly indicated that the patterned surfaces in the self-organized block copolymer films with the hexagonally ordered microporous structures were fabricated in a single step.