Issue 49, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Thermosensitive micelles formed from a small-molecule amphiphile: switchable LCST and potential application in cloud point separation†

Yan Ding,a   Zhiqiang Wanga  and  Xi Zhang*a  

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a Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
E-mail: xi@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
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Abstract

Thermosensitive micelles are prepared through self-assembly of a small-molecule amphiphile. The micelles exhibit a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of 34 °C in aqueous solution, which can be switched simply by bubbling CO2. Moreover, thermally induced aggregation of the micelles can facilitate the separation of hydrophobic pollutants from water.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42466A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Apr 2013
Accepted
29 Apr 2013
First published
30 Apr 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5580-5582

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Thermosensitive micelles formed from a small-molecule amphiphile: switchable LCST and potential application in cloud point separation

Y. Ding, Z. Wang and X. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5580 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42466A

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