Nanosponge formation from organocatalytically-synthesized poly(carbonate) copoplymers.
Advanced organocatalytic synthesis methods were employed to prepare linear poly(carbonate)s with control over functional group incorporation and molecular weight. Pendant allyl or epoxide groups served as reaction partners in thiol-ene click or epoxide-amine reactions with ethylene oxide-containing crosslinking groups to form a panel of six novel poly(carbonate) nanosponges with crosslinking densities ranging from 5%, 10% and 20%viaan intermolecular chain-crosslinking approach.
Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 7610 Stevenson Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
David M
DM
Stevens
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7 AL, UK.
Sarah
S
Tempelaar
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7 AL, UK.
Andrew P
AP
Dove
Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 7610 Stevenson Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Eva
E
Harth
Polycarbonate nanosponges; drug delivery; functional poly(carbonate)s; organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization