Synthesis of thermoresponsive unimolecular polymeric micelles with a hydrophilic hyperbranched poly(glycidol) core

Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-50

  Luo, Shizhong ^a   Hu, Xianglong ^a   Zhang, Yuanyuan ^a   Ling, Congxiang ^a   Liu, Xi ^a   Chen, Shuaishuai ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hyperbranched poly(glycidol); laser light scattering; unimolecular polymeric micelle

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; GLYCIDOL; HYDROPHILIC CORES; HYPERBRANCHED; LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; MACRO-RAFT AGENT; MULTIARM STAR BLOCK COPOLYMER; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); POLYMERIC MICELLE; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION TRANSFERS; REVERSIBLE PHASE TRANSITION; THERMO-RESPONSIVE; UNIMOLECULAR; UNIMOLECULAR MICELLES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICELLES; POLYMERS; REFRACTION; SCATTERING;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 78651062649     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.93     Document Type: Article

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