Thermo- and pH-sensitive polyethylene-based diblock and triblock copolymers: synthesis and self-assembly in aqueous solution†
Abstract
Well-defined polyethylene-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PE-b-PNIPAM) and polyethylene-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PE-b-PNIPAM-b-P2VP) were successfully synthesized by a combination of coordination chain transfer