Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) was grafted onto Pluronic F127 (PEO-PPO-PEO) to produce novel amphiphilic PVP-g-F127 graft copolymers. A controlled synthesis method was used to graft PVP onto different parts of F127. Two types of graft polymers were obtained: one has PVP grafted onto the PEO part of F127 and the other has PVP grafted onto the PPO part of F127. The association behavior of the two ...

Grafting of vinyl monomers onto cellulose is an important tool for the modification of cellulose. Depending on the monomer grafted onto cellulose, it gains new properties. The grafting can be performed in heterogeneous or homogeneous medium. In the grafting performed in heterogeneous medium, the reaction is carried out in aqueous medium using a suitable initiator. As initiator, the radiation or...

We report the polymerisation-induced self-assembly of poly(lauryl methacrylate)-graft-poly(benzyl methacrylate) copolymers during reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) grafting from polymerisation in a backbone-selective solvent. Electron microscopy images suggest phase separation grafts to result network spherical particles, due ability branched architecture freeze entangleme...