Dual stimuli responsive PEG based hyperbranched polymers

PEG based hyperbranched copolymers have been synthesised using a high concentration of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the branching agent (up to 10% molar ratio of total feed monomers) via a new in situ deactivation enhanced atom transfer radical polymerisation (DE-ATRP). These hyperbranched copolymers exhibited a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) close to body temperature and photo-crosslinkable behavior.

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Polymer Chemistry

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https://doi.org/10.1039/c0py00101e

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Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified

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http://hdl.handle.net/10072/64740

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