New thermo-responsive graft copolymer s and hydrogelswere synthetized. The graft copolymer were synthesized bythe cationic ring-opening polymerizatio n of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOXA) , or 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EtOXA), respectively, initiated by the random copolymer s ofchloromethylstyren e (CMS) and N-isopropylacrylamide(NIPAAm) using the “grafting from” method with a yield of 66to 94%1. The polymers were characterized by NMR, GPC andDSC and the conformational transition (Lower Critical SolutionTemperature-LCST) of macroinitiators and graft copolymerswas determined by the turbidity and DSC measurements. Thetransition temperature of the graft copolymers could be finetunedthrough the composition of the macroinitiator and the graft copolymer. An increasing quantity of the hydrophobiccomonomer chloromethylstyrene in the macroinitiator lowered its LCST, while in the graft copolymer an inc...

New thermo-responsive graft copolymer s and hydrogelswere synthetized. The graft copolymer were synthesized bythe cationic ring-opening polymerizatio n of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOXA) , or 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline (EtOXA), respectively, initiated by the random copolymer s ofchloromethylstyren e (CMS) and N-isopropylacrylamide(NIPAAm) using the “grafting from” method with a yield of 66to 94%1. The polymers were characterized by NMR, GPC andDSC and the conformational transition (Lower Critical SolutionTemperature-LCST) of macroinitiators and graft copolymerswas determined by the turbidity and DSC measurements. Thetransition temperature of the graft copolymers could be finetunedthrough the composition of the macroinitiator and the graft copolymer. An increasing quantity of the hydrophobiccomonomer chloromethylstyrene in the macroinitiator lowered its LCST, while in the graft copolymer an inc...

Fueron elaborados nuevos hidrogeles a partir de la copolimerización radicalar, en medio acuoso, de la N-isopropilacrilamida (NiPAAm) y macromonómeros de 2-oxazolinas en presencia de la arcilla Laponita XLS (Hectorita sintética). Los macromonómeros utilizados, M1 y M2, fueron copolímeros estadísticos de 2-(2-metoxicarboniletil)- y 2-metil-2- oxazolina, con grados de polimerización de 20 y 24 unidades y un contenido de 23 y 49 % molar del monómero 2-(2-metoxicarboniletil)-2-oxazolina, respectivamente y contuvieron un grupo vinilo en el extremo de la cadena polimérica. La síntesis de los hidrogeles fue llevada a cabo utilizando el sistema de iniciación: persulfato de amonio (APS) y N, N, N, N-tetrametiletilendiamina (TEMED) y como entrecruzador la Laponita XLS. Los grupos ésteres de los hidrogeles sintetizados fueron hidrolizados in situ para obtener grupos ácido carboxílicos ...