Thermoresponsive properties of poly(acrylamide-<i>co</i>-acrylonitrile)-based diblock copolymers synthesized (by PISA) in water
Nicolas Audureau, Fanny Coumes, Jean‐Michel Guigner, Thi Phuong Thu Nguyen, Christine Ménager, François Stoffelbach, Jutta Rieger
Abstract
UCST-type poly(acrylamide-<italic>co</italic>-acrylonitrile) diblock copolymers synthesized in water (by PISA) can not only undergo reversible temperature-induced chain dissociation, but also temperature-induced morphological transition.
Topics & Concepts
CopolymerAcrylonitrileAcrylamideUpper critical solution temperaturePolymer chemistryDissociation (chemistry)Chemical engineeringMaterials scienceChemistryPolymerLower critical solution temperatureOrganic chemistryEngineeringAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications