Bottlebrush Random Copolymers at Oil-Oil Interfaces  

作　　者：Yaxin Wang Yunhui Wen Yuzheng Luo Shuailong Li Jiaqiu Luo Shaowei Shi 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering,Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing,100029 China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Chemistry》2025年第2期139-145,共7页中国化学(英文版)

基　　金：supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(2222071);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52322310,52173018,22372005).

摘　　要：Oil-in-oil nonaqueous emulsions are of great interest for developing emulsion-templated polymers and encapsulation systems that are incompatible with water-sensitive substances.Tailor-made amphiphilic block copolymers are by far the most efficient stabilizers for oil-in-oil emulsions while less attention is given to copolymers with more complex architectures.Here,we report the stabilization of DMSO-silicone oil interface by bottlebrush random copolymers(BRCPs)containing norbornene backbones with densely grafted poly(methyl methacrylate)(PMMA)and polystyrene(PS)side chains.The assembly kinetics of BRCPs at the DMSO-silicone oil interface can be divided into three processes,including diffusion,reconfiguration and reorganization,and can be varied by tuning the degree of polymerization of the backbone(NB).Due to the high efficiency of BRCPs in reducing the interfacial tension,when using BRCPs as stabilizers,stable silicone oil-in-DMSO traditional emulsions and high internal phase emulsions(HIPEs)can be successfully obtained,while no stable emulsions can be achieved with linear PMMA-b-PS serving as the stabilizer.This study,for the first time,underscores the great potential of amphiphilic bottlebrush copolymers in preparing oil-in-oil emulsions.Given the advances in polymerization strategy,a broad variety of amphiphilic bottlebrush copolymers are expected to be synthesized and applied in the stabilization of nonaqueous biphasic systems.

关 键 词：Bottlebrush copolymers Oil-oil interfaces|Emulsions SURFACTANTS Assembly dynamics 

分 类 号：O63[理学—高分子化学]