… membranes of controllable porous morphology via combined atom transfer radical polymerization, ring-opening polymerization and thiol–yne click chemistry

T Cai, M Li, KG Neoh, ET Kang

Index: Cai, Tao; Li, Min; Neoh, Koon-Gee; Kang, En-Tang Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 22, # 32 p. 16248 - 16258

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Abstract

Linear di-block copolymers of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) with a center disulfide linkage were prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of N- isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) using a bifunctional disulfide-based initiator. The center disulfide bond was cleaved by reduction with excess DL-1, 4-dithiothreitol (DTT) to form thiols. The resulting thiol-terminated PNIPAM chains were conjugated to alkyne- ...