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Redox-associated phase transition of a marginally stable synthetic polymer†

Takafumi Enomoto, ORCID logo *a   Keita Terui,a   Shunsuke Yagi, ORCID logo b   Aya M. Akimoto ORCID logo a  and  Ryo Yoshida ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
E-mail: enomoto@cross.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp, ryo@cross.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

b Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

Abstract

We elucidated the stimuli-responsive phase transition in a synthetic model of marginally stable proteins composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with incorporated redox-responsive sites. Redox-state changes in a single redox-responsive site were efficiently converted to hydration and dehydration of multiple monomer units within the polymer chain synchronized with electron transfer.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02924D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 May 2025
Accepted
09 Jul 2025
First published
10 Jul 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Redox-associated phase transition of a marginally stable synthetic polymer

T. Enomoto, K. Terui, S. Yagi, A. M. Akimoto and R. Yoshida, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02924D

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