title: Synthesis of Amylose-b-P2 VP Block Copolymers.
abstract: A new class of rod-coil block copolymers is synthesized by chemoenzymatic polymerization. In the first step, maltoheptaose, which acts as a primer for the synthesis of amylose, is attached to poly(2-vinyl pyridine) (P2 VP). The enzymatic polymerization of maltoheptaose is carried out by phosphorylase to obtain amylose-b-P2 VP block copolymers. The block copolymer is characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, gel permeation chromatography, and wide-angle X-ray scattering techniques. The designed molecules combine the inclusion complexation ability of amylose with the supramolecular complexation ability of P2 VP and therefore this kind of rod-coil block copolymers can be used to generate well-organized novel self-assembled structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kamlesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Albert J J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Woortman
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Loos
mesh_terms: D000688:Amylose / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D005936:Glucans / Q000737:chemistry*; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D011145:Polyvinyls; C058671:poly(2-vinylpyridine); C031146:maltoheptaose; D000688:Amylose
keywords: P2VP; amylose; block copolymers; chemoenzymatic; rod-coil