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...

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...