Synthesis and Solubility of (Mono-) End-Functionalized Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-g-ethylene glycol) Graft Copolymers with Varying Macromolecular Architectures

Thermo‐Switchable Materials Prepared Using the OEGMA‐Platform

“…It was afterwards shown that these stimuliresponsive properties can be fi nely adjusted via macromolecular design, and in particular using statistical copolymerization approaches. [20][21][22] For instance, our research group described the synthesis of thermoresponsive copoly mers by atom transfer radical copolymerization of 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate (MEO 2 MA, Figure 1 ) with oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylates (e.g., OEGMA 475 , M n = 475 g · mol − 1 or OEGMA 300 , M n = 300 g · mol − 1 , Figure 1 ). [23][24][25][26] These copolymers combine the advantages of PEG (i.e., biocompatibility) and thermoresponsive polymers (i.e., LCST behavior in water) in a single macromolecular structure.…”

Synthesis and aggregation properties in water solution of comblike methacrylic polymers with oligo(propylene glycol)‐block‐oligo(ethylene glycol) as side chains

“…9,10 In the last years, another amphiphilic polymeric family based on a nonlinear analog of PEG, such as poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate] [P(OEGMA)], has aroused a great deal of attention. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] These polymers present the good properties of PEG and, in addition, they can be obtained by controlled/living radical polymerization techniques, such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Moreover, it is known that they are able to form micelles due to its amphiphilic nature and, depending on the length of its side chain and final substitution, they exhibit thermosensitive behavior in aqueous solution.…”

New Preparation of Structurally Symmetric, Biodegradable Poly(L‐lactide) Disulfides and PLLA–Stabilized, Photoluminescent CdSe Quantum Dots

“…On the other hand, as compared with a great number of studies on small molecular thiols, there were only a few chemical strategies developed for synthesizing functional macromolecular thiols. With regard to preparing polymeric thiols, it has been known that current strategies generally involve a mercapto protection/deprotection cycle of a functional initiator before and after polymerization 22–27. Recently, Hedfors et al28 alternatively synthesized a mercapto‐end‐capped heterofunctional biodegradable poly( ε ‐caprolactone) through a more‐straightforward method, taking the advantage of the unique catalytic selectivity of Candida Antarctica Lipase B between a mercapto group and a hydroxyl functional group for initiating the ring‐opening polymerization of ε ‐caprolactone.…”