Lower Critical Solution Temperature Behavior of Comb and Graft Shaped Poly(oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)methacrylate)s
Lower Critical Solution Temperature Behavior of Comb and Graft Shaped Poly(oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)methacrylate)s
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DOI:
10.1021/ma8028437
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发表时间:
2009-03
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Christine Weber;C. R. Becer;R. Hoogenboom;U. Schubert
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作者:
Christine Weber;C. R. Becer;R. Hoogenboom;U. Schubert
Comb and graft polymers with lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior based on hydrophilic oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) side chains and a hydrophobic methacrylate backbone were synthesized using the macromonomer method. Well-defined oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) methacrylate (OEtOxMA) macromonomers were obtained by direct end-capping of living oligo(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) chains with in situ formed triethylammonium methacrylate. The macromonomers were subsequently polymerized in a controlled manner using the reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization technique yielding a series of comb polymers with varying side chain length and backbone length. In addition, a series of graft copolymers were prepared by copolymerizing OEtOxMA with methyl methacrylate (MMA, 40−80 mol %). The copolymers were characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and, partially, by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. The LCST behavior ...