Nano Express
pH-Sensitive Micelles Based on Double-Hydrophilic Poly(methylacrylic acid)-Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly(methylacrylic acid) Triblock Copolymer
1 School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People’s Republic of China
2 State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, People’s Republic of China
3 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People’s Republic of China
Nanoscale Research Letters 2009, 4:341-343 doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9249-2
Published: 21 January 2009Abstract
pH-sensitive micelles with hydrophilic core and hydrophilic corona were fabricated by self-assembling of triblock copolymer of poly(methylacrylic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(methylacrylic acid) at lower solution pH. Transmission electron microscopy and laser light scattering studies showed micelles were in nano-scale with narrow size distribution. Solution pH value and the micelles concentration strongly influenced the hydrodynamic radius of the spherical micelles (48–310 nm). A possible mechanism for the formation of micelles was proposed. The obtained polymeric micelle should be useful for biomedical materials such as carrier of hydrophilic drug.
