Thermo-responsive polymers

Thermoresponsive P(HEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymers: synthesis, characteristics and solution behavior

“…The group of stimuli-responsive polymers includes thermoresponsive polymers showing lower critical solution temperature (LCST), i.e., soluble in water only below a certain temperature, and upper critical solution temperature (UCST), i.e., soluble only above a certain temperature. [4][5][6] The basic parameter characterizing the temperature properties of thermoresponsive polymers is the cloud point temperature (T cp ). The cloud point temperature of thermoresponsive polymers can be adjusted within a wide range by changing various parameters, such as the composition of the copolymers and their concentration in solution.…”

Construction of Thermo-Responsive Elastin-Like Polypeptides (ELPs)-Aggregation-Induced-Emission (AIE) Conjugates for Temperature Sensing

“…Such materials are characterized by a change in properties/behavior upon external stimuli [ 2 ], including light [ 3 ], temperature [ 4 , 5 ], electric field [ 6 ], and pH [ 7 ]. Among them, thermo-responsive materials have huge potential in biomedical applications due to their capability of phase transition above or below a certain temperature [ 8 , 9 , 10 ].…”

The synthesis of switch-off fluorescent water-stable copper nanocluster Hg2+ sensors via a simple one-pot approach by an in situ metal reduction strategy in the presence of a thiolated polymer ligand template

“…The resulting p(MEO 2 MA-co-AcSEMA) copolymers show thermoresponsive properties comparable to poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), the most studied thermoresponsive polymer. 36,37 The cloud point temperature (T cp ) values, determined via absorbance measurements, are also collected in Table 1. As can be observed, the introduction of AcSEMA into the copoly-mer increases the hydrophobic balance, giving rise to a decrease in the T cp value as the AcSEMA content increases in the copolymer.…”