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Matthes R, Frey H. Polyethers Based on Short-Chain Alkyl Glycidyl Ethers: Thermoresponsive and Highly Biocompatible Materials. Biomacromolecules 2022; 23:2219-2235. [PMID: 35622963 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The polymerization of short-chain alkyl glycidyl ethers (SCAGEs) enables the synthesis of biocompatible polyethers with finely tunable hydrophilicity. Aliphatic polyethers, most prominently poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), are utilized in manifold biomedical applications due to their excellent biocompatibility and aqueous solubility. By incorporation of short hydrophobic side-chains at linear polyglycerol, control of aqueous solubility and the respective lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solution is feasible. Concurrently, the chemically inert character in analogy to PEG is maintained, as no further functional groups are introduced at the polyether structure. Adjustment of the hydrophilicity and the thermoresponsive behavior of the resulting poly(glycidyl ether)s in a broad temperature range is achieved either by the combination of the different SCAGEs or with PEG as a hydrophilic block. Homopolymers of methyl and ethyl glycidyl ether (PGME, PEGE) are soluble in aqueous solution at room temperature. In contrast, n-propyl glycidyl ether and iso-propyl glycidyl ether lead to hydrophobic polyethers. The use of a variety of ring-opening polymerization techniques allows for controlled polymerization, while simultaneously determining the resulting microstructures. Atactic as well as isotactic polymers are accessible by utilization of the respective racemic or enantiomerically pure monomers. Polymer architectures varying from statistical copolymers, di- and triblock structures to star-shaped architectures, in combination with PEG, have been applied in various thermoresponsive hydrogel formulations or polymeric surface coatings for cell sheet engineering. Materials responding to stimuli are of increasing importance for "smart" biomedical systems, making thermoresponsive polyethers with short-alkyl ether side chains promising candidates for future biomaterials.
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- Rebecca Matthes
- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Choi UH, Liang S, Chen Q, Runt J, Colby RH. Segmental Dynamics and Dielectric Constant of Polysiloxane Polar Copolymers as Plasticizers for Polymer Electrolytes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:3215-3225. [PMID: 26735584 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy was used to investigate the segmental dynamics of a series of siloxane-based polar copolymers combining pendant cyclic carbonates and short poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) chains. The homopolymer with cyclic carbonate as the only side chain exhibits higher glass transition temperature T(g) and dielectric constant ε(s) than the one with only PEO side chains. For their copolymers the observed T(g) (agreeing well with the predicted values from the Fox equation) and ε(s) decrease with increasing PEO side chain content. These polar polymers exhibit a glassy β relaxation with Arrhenius character, attributed to local chain motions of side groups attached to the main chain, and a segmental α relaxation, associated with the glass transition with a Vogel temperature dependence. As PEO side chain content increases, narrowing of the local glassy β relaxation was observed in the copolymers. The segmental α dynamics were observed to be faster, with an increase in breadth and decrease in strength with increasing PEO side chain content. Owing to the trade-off between T(g) and ε(s), copolymers of intermediate composition result in the highest ionic conductivity when these copolymers are used to plasticize Li single-ion conducting ionomers.
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- U Hyeok Choi
- Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Functional Composites Department, Korea Institute of Materials Science , Changwon 642-831, Korea
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Wu X, Wang H, Zhu Z, Liu CS. Quantifying Changes in the Low-Frequency Dynamics of Amorphous Polymers by 2D Correlation Mechanical Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2012; 117:467-72. [DOI: 10.1021/jp311652h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xuebang Wu
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics,
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State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1129, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics,
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State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1129, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics,
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State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1129, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics,
Institute of Solid
State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1129, Hefei 230031, P. R. China
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Hirose Y, Otsubo Y. Electrorheology of suspensions of poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(vinyl acetate) blend particles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Effect of molecular weight distribution on polymer diffusion during film formation of two-component high-/low-molecular weight latex particles. POLYMER 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ekinci D, Sisson AL, Lendlein A. Polyglycerol-based polymer network films for potential biomedical applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm34271e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Arrese-Igor S, Alegría A, Moreno AJ, Colmenero J. Effect of Blending on the Chain Dynamics of the “Low-Tg” Component in Nonentangled and Dynamically Asymmetric Polymer Blends. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma2000064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. Arrese-Igor
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Materials Physics Center (MPC), and Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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Fragiadakis D, Runt J. Microstructure and Dynamics of Semicrystalline Poly(ethylene oxide)−Poly(vinyl acetate) Blends. Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma9020938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daniel Fragiadakis
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Zhao J, Zhang L, Ediger MD. Poly(ethylene oxide) Dynamics in Blends with Poly(vinyl acetate): Comparison of Segmental and Terminal Dynamics. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma8010526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Junshu Zhao
- Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Genix AC, Arbe A, Arrese-Igor S, Colmenero J, Richter D, Frick B, Deen PP. Neutron scattering investigation of a diluted blend of poly(ethylene oxide) in polyethersulfone. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:184901. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2918497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Colmenero J, Arbe A. Segmental dynamics in miscible polymer blends: recent results and open questions. SOFT MATTER 2007; 3:1474-1485. [PMID: 32900101 DOI: 10.1039/b710141d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In this short review we summarize the outcome of the large amount of effort made during the past decade from both the experimental and the theoretical point of view in order to understand the effect of blending on the segmental dynamics in polymers. Each of the two families of models proposed-one based on thermally activated concentration fluctuations, the other on chain connectivity effects-account for each of the two main experimental observations: the broadening of the component response with respect to that of the homopolymer and the dynamic heterogeneity, respectively. The complementarity of these approaches, their main achievements and failures, are critically revised. We also include recent results on blends of components with very different mobilities. In the neighbourhood of the glass-transition of the slow polymer, the dynamics of the other component seem to be confined within the frozen chains. We suggest possible ingredients and new routes to be considered in order to elaborate more predictive theoretical frameworks for all these phenomena.
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- J Colmenero
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080, San Sebastián, Spain and Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastián, Spain.
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080, San Sebastián, Spain
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Kumar SK, Shenogin S, Colby RH. Dynamics of Miscible Polymer Blends: Role of Concentration Fluctuations on Characteristic Segmental Relaxation Times. Macromolecules 2007. [DOI: 10.1021/ma070502y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sanat K. Kumar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Shenogin S, Kant R, Colby RH, Kumar SK. Dynamics of Miscible Polymer Blends: Predicting the Dielectric Response. Macromolecules 2007. [DOI: 10.1021/ma070503q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sergei Shenogin
- Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802; and Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802; and Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802; and Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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- Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802; and Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
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Tyagi M, Arbe A, Alegría A, Colmenero J, Frick B. Dynamic Confinement Effects in Polymer Blends. A Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Study of the Slow Component in the Blend Poly(vinyl acetate)/Poly(ethylene oxide). Macromolecules 2007. [DOI: 10.1021/ma070539i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- M. Tyagi
- Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC−UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, and Institut Laue−Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC−UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, and Institut Laue−Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC−UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, and Institut Laue−Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC−UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, and Institut Laue−Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain, Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC−UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, Departamento de Física de Materiales UPV/EHU, Apartado 1072, 20080 San Sebastián, Spain, and Institut Laue−Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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