Issue 8, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Tuning LCST with thiol-responsiveness of thermoresponsive copolymers containing pendant disulfides†

Kaiwan Rahimian-Bajgiran,a   Nicky Chan,a   Qian Zhang,‡a   Seung Man Noh,b   Hyung-il Leec  and  Jung Kwon Oh*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6
E-mail: john.oh@concordia.ca

b PPG Industries Korea, Cheonan 330-912 & Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea

c Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea

Abstract

A new approach that centers on modulating the hydrophobic–hydrophilic balance by conversion of pendant disulfides to thiols and further to sulfides enables facile tuning of the thermoresponsive properties of thiol-responsive copolymers.

Graphical abstract: Tuning LCST with thiol-responsiveness of thermoresponsive copolymers containing pendant disulfides

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37804C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Oct 2012
Accepted
04 Dec 2012
First published
04 Dec 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 807-809

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Tuning LCST with thiol-responsiveness of thermoresponsive copolymers containing pendant disulfides

K. Rahimian-Bajgiran, N. Chan, Q. Zhang, S. M. Noh, H. Lee and J. K. Oh, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 807 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37804C

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