Controlled self-assembly into diverse stimuli-responsive microstructures: from microspheres to branched cylindrical micelles and vesicles

A series of amphiphilic PDMAEMA–SS–PCL chains with variable ratios of hydrophilic poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) to hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) were prepared via ring-opening polymerization, in which the two different moieties were linked via a disulfide bond with red...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Xiaoteng, Li, Lingxiao, Qin, He, Ning, Bo, Li, Junpei, Kan, Chengyou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
Materias:
Chemistry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9080933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35539922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ra03374a
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Sumario:A series of amphiphilic PDMAEMA–SS–PCL chains with variable ratios of hydrophilic poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) to hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) were prepared via ring-opening polymerization, in which the two different moieties were linked via a disulfide bond with reduction responsiveness. After cross-linking by the photodegradable o-nitrobenzyl linkage, the amphiphilic chains could self-assemble into microspheres, branched cylindrical micelles and vesicles, which were responsive to the reduction agent dl-dithiothreitol and UV light irradiation through different mechanisms.

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