title: Tuning the LCST of poly(2-oxazoline)s by varying composition and molecular weight: alternatives to poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)?
abstract: The cloud point of copolymers of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline and 2-n-propyl-2-oxazoline could be tuned from 25 degrees C to 100 degrees C by varying molecular weight and composition; the reversibility and concentration dependence of the cloud points were evaluated to assess the potential of these copoly(2-oxazoline)s as alternatives to poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. r.hoogenboom@tue.nl u.s.schubert@tue.nl
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoogenboom
authors.forename: Hanneke M L
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Thijs
authors.forename: Mark J H C
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jochems
authors.forename: Bart M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: van Lankvelt
authors.forename: Martin W M
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Fijten
authors.forename: Ulrich S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D000180:Acrylic Resins; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D000180:Acrylic Resins; D010080:Oxazoles; D011108:Polymers; C052970:poly-N-isopropylacrylamide