Issue 19, 2009
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Soft Matter

A schizophrenic gradient copolymer: switching and reversing poly(2-oxazoline) micelles based on UCST and subtle solvent changes†

Richard Hoogenboom,*ab   Hanneke M. L. Lambermont-Thijs,ab   Mark J. H. C. Jochems,a   Stephanie Hoeppener,a   Claire Guerlain,c   Charles-André Fustin,c   Jean-François Gohyac  and  Ulrich S. Schubert*abd  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-mail: r.hoogenboom@tue.nl

b Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

c Unité de Chimie des Matériaux Inorganiques et Organiques (CMAT), Université catholique de Louvain, Place L. Pasteur 1, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

d Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany

Abstract

The self-assembly of hydrophobic gradient copolymers of 2-nonyl-2-oxazoline and 2-phenyl-2-oxazoline in ethanol–water solvent mixtures is demonstrated to result in structures that respond to changes in temperature as well as subtle changes in the solvent composition leading to both switching and reversing of the formed micelles.

Graphical abstract: A schizophrenic gradient copolymer: switching and reversing poly(2-oxazoline) micelles based on UCST and subtle solvent changes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B912491H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jun 2009
Accepted
03 Jul 2009
First published
15 Jul 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 3590-3592

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A schizophrenic gradient copolymer: switching and reversing poly(2-oxazoline) micelles based on UCST and subtle solvent changes

R. Hoogenboom, H. M. L. Lambermont-Thijs, M. J. H. C. Jochems, S. Hoeppener, C. Guerlain, C. Fustin, J. Gohy and U. S. Schubert, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 3590 DOI: 10.1039/B912491H

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