CO2-triggered fast micellization of a liposoluble star copolymer in water

Green Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 82-94

  Liu, Pingwei ^a   Zhang, Yuchen ^a   Wang, Wen Jun ^a,b   Li, Bo Geng ^a   Zhu, Shiping ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide responsive; Colloids; Green polymers; Hyperbranched polyethylene; Liposoluble star copolymer; Micellization; Nanostructures; Poly(2 (dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; COLLOIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DENDRIMERS; ETHYLENE; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MICELLES; MICELLIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLS;

2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ETHYL ACRYLATES; GREEN POLYMERS; HYPERBRANCHED POLYETHYLENE; MICELLE AGGREGATION; STAR COPOLYMERS; SWITCHING PROCESS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85041685996     PISSN: 20491220     EISSN: 20491239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gmat.13.00014     Document Type: Article

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