Temperature variations may induce changes in solution properties for thermoresponsive
polymers, which have drawn much research attention due to their potential applications in …

Stimuli-responsive polymers are widely used as drug carriers in therapeutic applications.
Upper critical solution temperature (UCST) polymeric carriers undergo a phase transition …

Hydrogels, as a series of three-dimensional, crosslinked, hydrophilic network polymers,
exhibit extraordinary properties in softness, mechanical robustness and biocompatibility …

Poly (acrylic acid) is water soluble but can be converted into a thermoresponsive polymer
possessing an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) by copolymerizing with …

Aqueous solutions of polyelectrolytes are known to be complex; however, when the charged
polymer carries a simple counterion such as sodium or chloride it is usually soluble in water …

By gradually increasing the length of one linear alkyl substituent from one to seven carbon
atoms on the nitrogen atom while keeping another substituent as a methyl group, poly …

Temperature-induced self-assembly of block copolymers allows the formation of smart
nanodimensional structures. Mostly, nondegradable lower critical solution temperature …

Rational design of thermoresponsive polymers allows facile control over LCST/UCST and
nano-object shapes. Despite tremendous progress, it remains a challenge to monitor chain …

The incorporation of asymmetric Y junctions into thermoresponsive polymers allows access
to hierarchical self-assembly, and self-assembly of cyclic polymers can further amplify the …

Metal-containing single chain polymeric nanoparticles (SCPNs) can be used as synthetic
mimics of metalloenzymes. Currently, the role of the folded polymer backbones on the …