Unusual effect of molecular weight and concentration on thermoresponsive behaviors of well??defined water??soluble semirigid polymers

…, H Xie, H Tang, G Zhong, H Zhang

Index: Liu, Peng; Xie, Helou; Tang, Haoyu; Zhong, Guanqun; Zhang, Hailiang Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 50, # 17 p. 3664 - 3673

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Abstract

Abstract A series of water-soluble semirigid thermoresponsive polymers with well-defined molecular weights based on mesogen-jacketed liquid crystal polymers (MJLCPs), poly [bis (N-hydroxyisopropyl pyrrolidone) 2-vinylterephthalate](PHIPPVTA) have been synthesized via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) revealed that the novel monomer and polymers have thermoresponsive ...