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

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Contributors

  • Juan Carlos Rueda - , Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Author)
  • Miguel Asmad - , Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Author)
  • Valeria Ruiz - , Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Author)
  • Hartmut Komber - , Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Stefan Zschoche - , Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Brigitte Voit - , Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)

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 degrees 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.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)761-769
Number of pages9
Journal Designed monomers and polymers : an international journal on monomer and macromolecular synthesis
Volume18
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84941260559
ORCID /0000-0002-4531-691X/work/148607967

Keywords

Keywords

  • Amphiphiles, Block copolymers, Living polymerization, Stimuli-sensitive polymers, Thermal properties, Transition