104. ATRP Synthesis of Poly(4-bromostyrene)-b-Poly(propylene glycol) Block Copolymer and Its Self-Assembly in Catalystic Emulsion Polymerization to Form Luminescent Nanospheres with Core-shell Structure. W.Z.Wang*, W.B.Song, R.Wang, T.X.Liu*. J. Polym. Sci. Part A Polym. Chem., 47(5), 1478-1483, 2009.
Poly(propylene glycol)-b-poly(4-bromostyrene) (PPG-b-PBS) block copolymers with
different hydrophobicity have been synthesized by ATRP, which are used as micelle
templates for the synthesis of nanostructured luminescent spheres by catalystic
emulsion polymerizaton. The optical properties of the nanospheres can be tuned by
adding 4,7-dibromo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTH) in emulsion polymerization
process.