title: Mechano-responsive polymer solutions based on CO2 supersaturation: shaking-induced phase transitions and self-assembly or dissociation of polymeric nanoparticles.
abstract: Mechanical stimulation of supersaturated aqueous CO2 solutions is accompanied by a pH increase within seconds. In solutions of tailored homo- and AB diblock copolymers this is exploited to induce micelle formation, or, taking advantage of an aqueous upper critical solution temperature transition, nanoparticle disassembly.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Australia, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. P.Roth@unsw.edu.au a.lowe@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Jing Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Quek
authors.forename: Yicheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Bianca M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Blunden
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lowe