Stimuli-responsive Polymers in Solution and on Grafted Surfaces
Thermoresponsive polymers such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) have lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solutions. Below the LCST, these polymers are hydrophilic with an extended coil conformation. Above the LCST, they undergo a sharp phase transition to form a collapsed hy...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7792 |