Characterization of the thermo- and pH-responsive assembly of triblock copolymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) and functionalized poly(ε-caprolactone)

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3708-3718

  Safaei Nikouei, Nazila ^a   Lavasanifar, Afsaneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; pH Sensitive; Poly(caprolactone); Self assembly; Thermoresponsive gels

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBOXYLATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GELS; MICELLES; PH; PH SENSORS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYOLS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BLOCK CO POLYMERS; CAPROLACTONE; CARBOXYL GROUPS; CRITICAL MICELLAR CONCENTRATIONS; DEBENZYLATION; PH SENSITIVE; POLY(-CAPROLACTONE); POLY(CAPROLACTONE); THERMORESPONSIVE GEL; TRIBLOCK-COPOLYMERS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; COPOLYMER; HYDROGEN; MACROGOL; POLY(ALPHA BENZYL CABOXYLATE EPSILON CAPROLACTONE) B POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL B POLY(ALPHA BENZYL CABOXYLATE EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEBENZYLATION; HEATING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICELLE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING OPENING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 80052261667     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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