5,10,15,20-tetra(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin (THPP) was synthesized by the condensation of pyrrole with 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde in the presence of solvent (propionic acid). Subsequently, the resulting THPP was converted to a tetrafunctional star-shaped macroinitiator (porphyrin-Br 4 ) by esterification of it with 2-bromopropanoyl bromide, and then atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrene was conducted at 110 C with CuCl/2,2 0 -bipyridine as the catalyst system. The resulting product was reacted with NBS to obtain star-shaped initiator porphyrin-(PSt-Br) 4 , which was used the following ATRP of the GMA to synthesize star-comb-shaped grafted polymer porphyrin-(PSt-g-PGMA) 4 . The number molecular weight was 2.3 Â 10 4 g/mol, and the dispersity was narrow (M w /M n ¼ 1.32). The structure of the polymers was investigated by NMR, UV-vis, IR, and GPC measurement. The self-assembly behavior of the polymer porphyrin-(PStg-PGMA) 4 was studied by DLS and AFM.