Title
Synthesis and characterization of new bi-sensitive copoly(2-oxazolines)
Date Issued
17 November 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
We synthesized new bi-sensitive statistical copolymers and A-B-A triblock copolymers from 2-cyclopropyl-2-oxazoline (CPOxa) and 2-methoxycarbonylethyl-2-oxazoline (MEtOxa) using 1,4-dibromobutene as a bi-functional initiating moiety. These new bi-sensitive polymers were obtained via quasi-living polymerization of the oxazoline monomers and subsequent hydrolysis of the methyl ester of MEtOxa. Their thermal conformational transitions in aqueous solution were between 30 and 60 °C and these values were dependent of the copolymer composition, polymer structure (statistical or block copolymer), and of the pH of the solution, where the polymers were dissolved. The achieved polymers could find application in biomaterial science, in microsystems and sensors, and as smart nanocarriers.
Start page
761
End page
769
Volume
18
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Ciencia de los polímeros
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84941260559
Source
Designed Monomers and Polymers
ISSN of the container
1385772X
Sources of information:
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