A Combined Experimental and Computational Study of the Substituent Effect on Micellar Behavior of γ-Substituted Thermoresponsive Amphiphilic Poly (ε- …

…, Y Cheng, RJKU Ranatunga, S Senevirathne…

Index: Hao, Jing; Cheng, Yixing; Ranatunga, R. J. K. Udayana; Senevirathne, Suchithra; Biewer, Michael C.; Nielsen, Steven O.; Wang, Qian; Stefan, Mihaela C. Macromolecules, 2013 , vol. 46, # 12 p. 4829 - 4838

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Abstract

The effect of the core substituent structure on the micellar behavior of thermoresponsive amphiphilic poly (ε-caprolactone) diblock copolymer micelles was investigated through a combination of experimental and computational methods. The polycaprolactone (PCL) amphiphilic block copolymers used in this study consisted of a hydrophilic poly {γ-2-[2-(2- methoxyethoxy) ethoxy] ethoxy-ε-caprolactone} block, which also endowed the polymer ...