Dual Temperature and Thiol‐Responsive POEOMA‐Multisegmented Polydisulfides: Synthesis and Thermoresponsive Properties |
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Authors: | Qian Zhang Seung Man Noh Joon Hyun Nam Hyun Wook Jung Jong Myung Park Jung Kwon Oh |
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Abstract: | New thermoresponsive polydisulfides of POEOMA multiblocks linked with disulfide bonds having redox‐responsive properties are reported. These POEOMA‐multisegmented polydisulfides were synthesized by a new method employing a combined RAFT/aminolysis and reversible thiol‐disulfide redox reaction that centers on the synthesis of new disulfide‐labeled difunctional RAFT agent. RAFT polymerization proceeded in living fashion, yielding well‐defined POEOMA copolymers with middle disulfides and terminal RAFT species. They were then used as precursors for thiol‐disulfide polyexchange induced by aminolysis and reductive reaction followed by oxidation: these polydisulfides with different molecular weights and end groups ex hibited tunable thermoresponsive properties and thiol‐responsive degradation. |
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Keywords: | aminolysis disulfide‐thiol exchange LCST polydisulfides RAFT stimuli‐sensitive polymers |
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