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.
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Tuning LCST with thiol-responsiveness of thermoresponsive copolymers containing pendant disulfides
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada H4B 1R6
E-mail: john.oh@concordia.ca
E-mail: john.oh@concordia.ca
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PPG Industries Korea, Cheonan 330-912 & Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 807-809
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37804C
Received 27 Oct 2012, Accepted 04 Dec 2012
First published online 04 Dec 2012
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