Memory Effect in Thermoresponsive Proline‐based Polymers
Mostafa Badreldin, Rosanna Le Scouarnec, Sébastien Lecommandoux, Simon Harrisson, Colin Bonduelle
Abstract
We report that synthetic polymers consisting of L-proline monomer units exhibit temperature-driven aggregation in water with unprecedented hysteresis. This protein-like behavior is robust and governed by the chirality of the proline units. It paves the way to new processes, driven by either temperature or ionic strength changes, such as a simple "with memory" thermometer.
Topics & Concepts
ProlinePolymerMonomerChirality (physics)HysteresisIonic strengthMaterials scienceThermometerChemical engineeringChemical physicsNanotechnologyChemistryAmino acidThermodynamicsOrganic chemistryComposite materialPhysicsBiochemistryCondensed matter physicsAqueous solutionEngineeringChiral symmetry breakingNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelQuarkQuantum mechanicsAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications