Temperature-responsive self-assembly of star block copolymers with poly(ionic liquid) segments

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 550-560

  Mori, Hideharu ^a   Ebina, Yuki ^a   Kambara, Riina ^a   Nakabayashi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Micelle; Poly(ionic liquid); Self assembly; Star block copolymer; Star polymer; Thermoresponsive polymer

Indexed keywords

CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS; CONTROLLED MOLECULAR WEIGHT; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; POLY(IONIC LIQUID)S; RAFT POLYMERIZATION; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; STAR BLOCK COPOLYMER; STAR POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; THERMO-RESPONSIVE; THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMER;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGELS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MICELLES; PHASE SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY;

STARS;

EID: 84861937514     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.35     Document Type: Review

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