Zhou X, Li L, Qin H, Ning B, Li J, Kan C. Controlled self-assembly into diverse stimuli-responsive microstructures: from microspheres to branched cylindrical micelles and vesicles.
RSC Adv 2018;
8:21613-21620. [PMID:
35539922 PMCID:
PMC9080933 DOI:
10.1039/c8ra03374a]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
A series of amphiphilic PDMAEMA–SS–PCL chains with variable ratios of hydrophilic poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) to hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) were prepared via ring-opening polymerization, in which the two different moieties were linked via a disulfide bond with reduction responsiveness. After cross-linking by the photodegradable o-nitrobenzyl linkage, the amphiphilic chains could self-assemble into microspheres, branched cylindrical micelles and vesicles, which were responsive to the reduction agent dl-dithiothreitol and UV light irradiation through different mechanisms.
A series of cross-linked amphiphilic PDMAEMA–SS–PCL were prepared, which could self-assemble into diverse microstructures with reduction and light responsiveness.![]()
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