Characterization of temperature-induced association in aqueous solutions of charged ABCBA-type pentablock tercopolymers
Abstract
In this work, two novel linear ABCBA pentablock tercopolymers, which are composed of an anionic poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid sodium) (PSSS) block on both ends and two thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAM) blocks that are separated by a hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) block have been synthesized via a simple “one-pot”