Synthesis and characterization of new bi-sensitive copoly(2-oxazolines)

Carlos Rueda J, Asmad M, Ruiz V, Komber H, Zschoche S, Voit B (2015)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Designed Monomers and Polymers

Book Volume: 18

Pages Range: 761-769

Journal Issue: 8

DOI: 10.1080/15685551.2015.1078109

Abstract

We synthesized new bi-sensitive statistical copolymers and A-B-A triblock copolymers from 2-cyclopropyl-2-oxazoline (CPOxa) and 2-methoxycarbonylethyl-2-oxazoline (MEtOxa) using 1,4-dibromobutene as a bi-functional initiating moiety. These new bi-sensitive polymers were obtained via quasi-living polymerization of the oxazoline monomers and subsequent hydrolysis of the methyl ester of MEtOxa. Their thermal conformational transitions in aqueous solution were between 30 and 60 °C and these values were dependent of the copolymer composition, polymer structure (statistical or block copolymer), and of the pH of the solution, where the polymers were dissolved. The achieved polymers could find application in biomaterial science, in microsystems and sensors, and as smart nanocarriers.

Involved external institutions

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) PE Peru (PE) Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Carlos Rueda, J., Asmad, M., Ruiz, V., Komber, H., Zschoche, S., & Voit, B. (2015). Synthesis and characterization of new bi-sensitive copoly(2-oxazolines). Designed Monomers and Polymers, 18(8), 761-769. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15685551.2015.1078109

MLA:

Carlos Rueda, Juan, et al. "Synthesis and characterization of new bi-sensitive copoly(2-oxazolines)." Designed Monomers and Polymers 18.8 (2015): 761-769.

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