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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Chemistry; Chapter 1 Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): Physicochemical Properties and Biomedical Applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 PNIPAM as Thermosensitive Polymer; 1.3 Physical Properties of PNIPAM; 1.3.1 Phase Behavior of PNIPAM in Water/Alcohol Mixtures; 1.3.2 Effect of Concentration and Molecular Weight of PNIPAM on LCST; 1.3.3 Effect of Surfactants on LCST; 1.3.4 Effect of Salts on LCST; 1.4 Common Methods for Polymerization of NIPAM; 1.4.1 Free Radical Polymerization
1.4.2 Living Radical Polymerization1.4.2.1 ATRP of NIPAM; 1.4.2.2 RAFT Polymerization of NIPAM; 1.5 Dual Sensitive Systems; 1.5.1 pH and Thermosensitive Systems; 1.5.2 Reduction-Sensitive and Thermosensitive Systems; 1.5.3 Hybrid-Thermosensitive Materials; 1.6 Bioconjugation of PNIPAM; 1.6.1 Protein-PNIPAM Conjugates; 1.6.2 Peptide-PNIPAM Conjugates; 1.6.3 Nucleic Acid-PNIPAM Conjugates; 1.7 Liposome Surface Modification with PNIPAM; 1.8 Applications of PNIPAM in Cell Culture; 1.9 Crosslinking Methods for Polymers; 1.9.1 Crosslinking in PNIPAM-Based Hydrogels
1.9.2 Crosslinking of PNIPAM-Based Micelles1.9.2.1 Shell Crosslinked (SCL); 1.9.2.2 Core Crosslinked (CCL); 1.10 Conclusion and Outlook of Applications of PNIPAM; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 Thermoresponsive Multiblock Copolymers: Chemistry, Properties and Applications; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Chemistry of Thermoresponsive Block-based Copolymers; 2.3 Architecture, Number of Blocks and Block Sequence; 2.3.1 Why the Block Structure?; 2.3.2 Triblock Copolymers; 2.3.2.1 Micelles; 2.3.2.2 Gels; 2.3.2.3 Films and Membranes; 2.3.3 Tetrablock Copolymers; 2.3.4 Pentablock Copolymers
2.3.4.1 Pluronic® Based2.3.4.2 Non-pluronic Based; 2.3.5 Multiblock Copolymers; 2.4 Applications; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Star-shaped Poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazolines): Synthesis and Properties; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Synthesis of Star-shaped Poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazolines); 3.3 Properties of Star-shaped Poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazolines); 3.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam): From Polymer Synthesis to Smart Self-assemblies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Synthesis of PVCL Homo- and Copolymers; 4.2.1 Synthesis of Statistical PVCL Copolymers
4.2.2 Synthesis of PVCL Block Copolymers4.2.3 Other PVCL-based Copolymers; 4.3 Properties of PVCL in Aqueous Solutions; 4.3.1 Dependence of the LCST of PVCL on Molecular Weight and Polymer Concentration; 4.3.2 LCST Dependence on Chemical Composition; 4.3.3 The Effect of Salt on the PVCL Temperature Response; 4.3.4 The Effect of Solvent on PVCL Temperature Response; 4.4 Assembly of PVCL-based Polymers in Solution; 4.4.1 PVCL Interpolymer Complexes; 4.4.2 PVCL-based Micelles; 4.4.3 Self-assembly of PVCL-based Copolymers into Polymersomes; 4.5 Templated Assemblies of PVCL Polymers
edited by Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy, Theoni K. Georgiou.