One-Pot Synthesis of Amphiphilic Linear and Hyperbranched Polyelectrolytes and Their Stimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly in Aqueous Solutions.

ABSTRACT: Stimuli-responsive polymeric nanostructures are compelling vectors for a wide range of application opportunities. The objective we sought was to broaden the array of self-assembling amphiphilic copolymers with stimuli-responsive characteristics by introducing a hydrophilic tunable monomer, (2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), together with a hydrophilic one, lauryl methacrylate (LMA), within linear and branched copolymer topologies. Size exclusion chromatography was used to evaluate the resultant linear and hyperbranched copolymers' molecular weight and dispersity, and FT-IR and ¹H-NMR spectroscopy techniques were used to delineate their chemical structure. The structural changes in the obtained self-organized supramolecular structures were thoroughly investigated using

SUBMITTER: Gerardos AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11902553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature