Brush polymers are highly functional polymeric materials combining the properties of different polymer classes and have found numerous applications, for example, in nanomedicine. Here, the synthesis of functional phosphonate-ester-bearing brush polymers based on poly(2-oxazine)s is reported through a combination of cationic ring-opening polymerization (CROP) of 2-ethyl-2-oxazine and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. In this way, a small library of well-defined (Đ ≤ 1.17) poly(oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazine) methacrylate) P(OEtOzMA) brushes with tunable lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior and negligible cell toxicity is prepared. Upon deprotection, the phosphonic acid end-group of the P(OEtOzMA) brush enables the successful grafting-onto iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs). Colloidal stability of the particle suspension in combination with suitable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relaxivities demonstrates the potential of these particles for future applications as negative MRI contrast agents.
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Talanta
January 2025
College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, PR China. Electronic address:
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
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