TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermoresponsive Poly(2-Oxazoline) Molecular Brushes by Living Ionic Polymerization: Modulation of the Cloud Point by Random and Block Copolymer Pendant Chains
AU - Zhang, Ning
AU - Luxenhofer, Robert
AU - Jordan, Rainer
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the Elitenetzwerk Bayern in the frame of the international graduate school CompInt ("Materials Science of Complex Interfaces") as part of the IGSSE ("International Graduate School for Science and Engineering") at the Technische Universitat Munchen. R.J. thanks for additional support by the Cluster of excellence "Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden" (CRTD). R. L. was supported by a postdoctoral stipend from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2012/8/10
Y1 - 2012/8/10
N2 - Molecular brushes (MBs) of poly(2-oxazoline)s were prepared by living anionic polymerization of 2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline to form the backbone and living cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline and 2-methyl-2-oxazoline to form random and block copolymers. Their aqueous solutions displayed a distinct thermoresponsive behavior as a function of the side-chain composition and sequence. The cloud point (CP) of MBs with random copolymer side chains is a linear function of the hydrophilic monomer content and can be modulated in a wide range. For MBs with block copolymer side chains, it was found that the block sequence had a strong and surprising effect on the CP. While MBs with a distal hydrophobic block had a CP at 70 °C, MBs with hydrophilic outer blocks already precipitated at 32 °C. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
AB - Molecular brushes (MBs) of poly(2-oxazoline)s were prepared by living anionic polymerization of 2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline to form the backbone and living cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline and 2-methyl-2-oxazoline to form random and block copolymers. Their aqueous solutions displayed a distinct thermoresponsive behavior as a function of the side-chain composition and sequence. The cloud point (CP) of MBs with random copolymer side chains is a linear function of the hydrophilic monomer content and can be modulated in a wide range. For MBs with block copolymer side chains, it was found that the block sequence had a strong and surprising effect on the CP. While MBs with a distal hydrophobic block had a CP at 70 °C, MBs with hydrophilic outer blocks already precipitated at 32 °C. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/600005
UR - http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/macp.201200261
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866240545&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/macp.201200261
DO - 10.1002/macp.201200261
M3 - Article
SN - 1022-1352
VL - 213
SP - 1963
EP - 1969
JO - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
JF - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
IS - 18
ER -