Synthesis of Hydrogen-Bonded Pore-Switchable Cylindrical Vesicles via Visible-Light-Mediated RAFT Room-Temperature Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization

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• 作者：Pan Gao ; Hui Cao ; Yi Ding ; Meng Cai ; Zhigang Cui ; Xinhua Lu ; Yuanli Cai
• 刊名：ACS Macro Letters
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 20, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：5
• 期：12
• 页码：1327-1331
• 全文大小：611K
• ISSN：2161-1653

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Analogous to cellulose, polymers whose monomer units possess both hydrogen donators and acceptors are generally insoluble in ambient water because of hydrogen bonding (HB). Herein we present stimuli-responsive long aqueous cylindrical vesicles (nanotubes) synthesized directly using HB-driven polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) under visible-light-mediated RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization at 25 °C. The PISA undergoes an unprecedented film/silk-to-ribbon-to-vesicle transition and films/silks/ribbons formed at low DPs (∼25–85) of core-forming block in free-flowing aqueous solution. Pore-switchable nanotubes are synthesized by electrostatic repulsive perturbation of the HB association in anisotropic vesicular membranes via inserting minor ionized monomer units into the core-forming block. These nanotubes are synthesized at >35% solids, and tubular membranes are more sensitive than spherical counterparts in response to aqueous surroundings. This facile, robust, and general strategy paves a new avenue toward scale-up production of advanced intelligent nanomaterials.