Temperature- and pH-responsive unimolecular micelles with a hydrophobic hyperbranched core

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 289, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1243-1251

  Luo, Shizhong ^a   Han, Mengcheng ^a   Cao, Yuehui ^a   Ling, Congxiang ^a   Zhang, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; Laser light scattering; pH responsive; Thermoresponsive; Unimolecular polymeric micelle

Indexed keywords

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; PH-RESPONSIVE; THERMO-RESPONSIVE; UNIMOLECULAR;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; REFRACTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

MICELLES;

COPOLYMER; N,N DIMETHYLACRYLAMIDE; POLY(N,N DIETHYLACRYLAMIDE) B POLY(2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYLMETHACRYLATE) COPOLYMER; POLY[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE]; POLYMER; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICELLIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052503800     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-011-2448-2     Document Type: Article

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