Amphiphilic poly(disulfide) micelles and a remarkable impact of the core hydrophobicity on redox responsive disassembly1. Issue 36 (28th September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Basak, Dipankar; Bej, Raju; Ghosh, Suhrit
• Is Part Of: Polymer chemistry. Volume 6:Issue 36(2015)
• Page Start: 6465
• Page End: 6474
• Publication Date: 2015-09-28
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1039/c5py00969c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-9954

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj2qrn4gm0" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Redox-responsive amphiphilic triblock copolymers based on poly(triethylene glycol monomethyl ether)methacrylate-<italic>b</italic>-poly(disulfide)-<italic>b</italic>-poly(triethylene glycol monomethyl ether)methacrylate (PTEGMA-<italic>b</italic>-PDS-<italic>b</italic>-PTEGMA) with different hydrophobicities of the PDS block were synthesized by step-growth followed by chain-growth polymerization.</p> </abstract>