ZHAO Xiaoyan, SHAN Guorong. Research progress on self-assembly of block copolymers of N-isopropyl acrylamide[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (2): 535-541.
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ZHAO Xiaoyan, SHAN Guorong. Research progress on self-assembly of block copolymers of N-isopropyl acrylamide[J]. CIESC Journal, 2017, (2): 535-541.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20160755.
Research progress on self-assembly of block copolymers of N-isopropyl acrylamide
The amphiphilic and thermosensitive block copolymers can self-assemble and turn into special micron level or nanoscale morphologies in selective solvents
and they have extensive potential applications. Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) is a typical kind of thermal-sensitive macromolecular material. It can undergo a special “coil to globule” volume phase transition near the lower critical solution temperature in solution. The study of self-assembly of its block copolymers has been drawn great interests. In this paper
self-assembly of PNIPAM block copolymers is introduced. The influence of several aspects including composition
molecular weight
external stimulus conditions and so on is systematically reviewed. Some of its applications on biological medicine
catalysis reaction
etc. are also introduced. The direction of its future development is also forecasted.