Fine-tuning the transition temperature of a stimuli-responsive polymer by a simple blending procedure

Francisco Fernández-Trillo; Jan C M van Hest; Jens C Thies; Thierry Michon; Ralf Weberskirch; Neil R Cameron

doi:10.1039/b800266e

Fine-tuning the transition temperature of a stimuli-responsive polymer by a simple blending procedure

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 May 21:(19):2230-2. doi: 10.1039/b800266e. Epub 2008 Mar 5.

Authors

Francisco Fernández-Trillo¹, Jan C M van Hest, Jens C Thies, Thierry Michon, Ralf Weberskirch, Neil R Cameron

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology, Durham University, South Road, Durham, UK DH1 3LE.

PMID: 18463749
DOI: 10.1039/b800266e

Abstract

Binary mixtures of well-defined, stimuli-responsive elastin-based side-chain polymers show a single transition temperature that depends on blend composition.

MeSH terms

Elastin / chemistry*
Molecular Conformation
Nephelometry and Turbidimetry
Oligopeptides / chemistry*
Polymethacrylic Acids / chemistry*
Temperature

Substances

Oligopeptides
Polymethacrylic Acids
Elastin