title: Electrochemical redox responsive polymeric micelles formed from amphiphilic supramolecular brushes.
abstract: The end-decorated homopolymer poly(ε-caprolactone)-ferrocene threaded onto a β-cyclodextrin-functionalized main-chain polymer can form a class of amphiphilic noncovalent graft copolymers based on the host-guest interactions of the terminal groups on the side chains. These new supramolecular polymer brushes can further self-assemble into micellar aggregates that exhibit reversible assembly and disassembly behavior under an electrochemical redox trigger, which opens up a new route to building dynamic block copolymer topologies.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. yanq04@aliyun.com yuanjy@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Anchao
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Liao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jinying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008823:Micelles; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers; D013501:Surface-Active Agents