Issue 1, 2003
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Chemical Communications

Biodegradable thermoresponsive poly(amino acid)s

Yoichi Tachibana,a   Motoichi Kurisawa,ab   Hiroshi Uyama,a   Toyoji Kakuchic  and  Shiro Kobayashi*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
E-mail: kobayasi@mat.polym.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Fax: +81 75 753 4911
Tel: +81 75 753 5608

b Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institute, Japan

c Division of Molecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Abstract

Reaction of poly(succinimide) with a mixture of 5-aminopentanol and 6-aminohexanol produced new thermoresponsive polymers based on biodegradable poly(amino acid)s, poly(N-substituted α/β-asparagine)s, showing a clear LCST in water.

Graphical abstract: Biodegradable thermoresponsive poly(amino acid)s

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B210181E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Oct 2002
Accepted
11 Nov 2002
First published
28 Nov 2002

Chem. Commun., 2003, 106-107

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Biodegradable thermoresponsive poly(amino acid)s

Y. Tachibana, M. Kurisawa, H. Uyama, T. Kakuchi and S. Kobayashi, Chem. Commun., 2003, 106 DOI: 10.1039/B210181E

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