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From an Epoxide Monomer Toolkit to Functional PEG Copolymers With Adjustable LCST Behavior

Mangold, Christine
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Obermeier, Boris
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Wurm, Frederik
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2011
Macromolecular Rapid Communications

The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior of novel poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based copolymers bearing multiple functional groups, obtained by anionic ring-opening (co)polymerization (AROP), has been investigated. Variable comonomer ratios of ethylene oxide (EO) and the corresponding oxiranes isopropylidene glyceryl glycidyl ether (IGG), ethoxyl vinyl glycidyl ether (EVGE), allyl glycidyl ether (AGE), or N,N-dibenzyl amino glycidyl (DBAG), particularly designed to implement functional groups at the PEG backbone, were found to influence the LCST behavior. Sharp transitions from translucent to opaque solutions, comparable to other well-established stimuli-responsive polymers, were observed at temperatures ranging from 9 to 82 degrees C. The influence of the side group hydrophobicity could be quantified by the comparison of the different copolymer systems observed.

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DOI
10.1002/marc.201100489
Web of Science ID

WOS:000298098100010

Author(s)
Mangold, Christine
Obermeier, Boris
Wurm, Frederik
Frey, Holger
Date Issued

2011

Published in
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume

32

Start page

1930

End page

1934

Subjects

copolymers

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Lcst

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Peg

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polyethers

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stimuli-sensitive

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Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Copolymers

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Aqueous-Solution

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Side-Chains

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Polymers

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Polymerization

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Polyethers

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Glycidol

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