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<strong>Synthesis</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lactide‐Grafted Poly(TEMPO‐acrylamide) <strong>and</strong><br />

its Electrochemical Property <strong>and</strong> Biocompatibility<br />

was subtracted to determine the monomer composition (Figure 4.1B). The compositions <strong>of</strong><br />

the copolymers evaluated by the 1 H NMR spectra were summarized in Table 4.1. All the<br />

copolymer had a relatively lower PLA content compared with the feeding ratio. Presumably<br />

the PLA-HEMA macromonomers had a relatively low reactive efficiency <strong>and</strong> only part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

macromonomers copolymerized with the 2,2,6,6-tetrametylpiperidine-4-yl acrylamide<br />

monomer. The low yield <strong>of</strong> the copolymerization can also be attributed to the low reactivity<br />

<strong>of</strong> the macromonomers. The GPC results showed that the molecular weight <strong>of</strong> the copolymers<br />

decreased as the PLA content increased, indicating that the introduction <strong>of</strong> the PLA lowered<br />

the reactivity <strong>of</strong> the propagating copolymer radical, making them more readily terminated<br />

during the polymerization.<br />

Sample<br />

Table 4.1 Feed <strong>and</strong> result compositions <strong>of</strong> copolymers. a<br />

PLA-HEMA/Monomer<br />

(w/w)<br />

Feed Result b<br />

Yield<br />

(%)<br />

Mn c PDI c<br />

Unpaired<br />

electron<br />

density<br />

(spin/g) d<br />

1 3 : 7 1 : 9.0 42.0 7.0 × 10 4 1.98 2.14 × 10 21<br />

2 5 : 5 1 : 4.3 32.5 3.9 × 10 4 2.03 1.64 × 10 21<br />

3 7 : 3 1 : 2.4 40.8 1.2 × 10 4 1.97 1.39 × 10 21<br />

a Reaction temperature was 85 o C <strong>and</strong> duration was 24 h;. b Calculated from 1 H NMR; c Determined from GPC in DMF. d<br />

Determined from SQUID after oxidation.<br />

TEMPO are generally prepared through the oxidation <strong>of</strong> 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine.<br />

Several oxidants, including hydrogen peroxide, peracids <strong>and</strong> lead(IV) oxide, can be used to<br />

obtain the nitrooxide radical. In this chapter, the oxidation <strong>of</strong> PTAP-g-PLA was accomplished<br />

in the presence <strong>of</strong> 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid. The obtained PTAm-g-PLA was orange<br />

powder.<br />

To further investigate the oxidation reaction <strong>of</strong> copolymer, the FTIR spectra before <strong>and</strong><br />

after the oxidation were obtained (Figure 4.3). The peak at 1359 cm -1 was obviously<br />

enhanced after the oxidation, which was assigned to the characteristic peak <strong>of</strong> the nitroxide<br />

radical. 21, 22 The peak at 1758 cm -1 (νCO) was characteristic peak <strong>of</strong> the PLA segment, which<br />

did not change after the oxidation. The peaks at 1653 cm -1 (νCO) <strong>and</strong> 1548 cm -1 (νCO-NH) were

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