Tuning the LCST of poly(2-oxazoline)s by varying composition and molecular weight: alternatives to poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)?

Hoogenboom, Richard; Thijs, Hanneke M. L.; Jochems, Mark J. H. C.; van Lankvelt, Bart M.; Fijten, Martin W. M.; Schubert, Ulrich S.

Abstract:

The cloud point of copolymers of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline and 2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline could be tuned from 25 1C to 100 1C by varying molecular weight and composition; the reversibility and concentration dependence of the cloud points were evaluated to assess the potential of these copoly(2-oxazoline)s as alternatives to poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).

Year:

2008

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

Chemical Communications

Pages:

2758 - 5760