Self-assemblies formed by four-arm star copolymers with amphiphilic diblock arms in aqueous solutions

Abstract

Association of four-arm star copolymers with diblock poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) or poly(lactide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) arms in aqueous solutions studied by static and dynamic light scattering, atomic force microscopy and 1H NMR and fluorescence spectroscopies

Keywords

• biocompatible block copolymers
• nanogels
• drug delivery