Synthesis and self-assembly of new amphiphilic thermosensitive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)/poly(d,l-lactide) block copolymers via the combination of ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1449-1466

  Wu, Qiuhua ^a   Yi, Jie ^a   Wang, Siyu ^a   Liu, Daliang ^a   Song, Ximing ^a   Zhang, Guolin ^a  

^a LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Click chemistry; Lower critical solution temperature (LCST); Poly(d,l lactide); Poly(N vinylcaprolactam); Thermosensitive block copolymers

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICELLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLICK CHEMISTRY; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; POLY (D ,L-LACTIDE); POLY(N-VINYLCAPROLACTAM); THERMOSENSITIVE BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84939979862     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-015-1348-x     Document Type: Article

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