Issue 1, 2014

Multi-stimuli responsive polymers – the all-in-one talents

Abstract

Stimuli-responsive polymers have gained increasing attention, which is attributed to the manifold applications they can be used for. Several years' intensive research was invested in stimuli-responsive polymers. Their stimuli-responsiveness led not only to novel responsive groups, which enabled the translation of an external physical impact into a change of a material property, but also to polymers that are equipped with more than one responsive group. The integration of several responsive moieties within one polymer yields smart polymers exhibiting complex responsive behaviour of the polymers. This review summarises recent developments in the area of multi-stimuli responsive polymers, laying the focus on the improved, multifaceted response of polymer materials depending on the impact of several external stimuli.

Graphical abstract: Multi-stimuli responsive polymers – the all-in-one talents

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
04 jul 2013
Accepted
02 ago 2013
First published
07 ago 2013

Polym. Chem., 2014,5, 25-36

Multi-stimuli responsive polymers – the all-in-one talents

P. Schattling, F. D. Jochum and P. Theato, Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 25 DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00880K

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