Polymeric Self-Assemblies with a Core-Shell Structure

Polymeric Self-Assemblies with a Core-Shell Structure 

In dilute aqueous solutions, copolymers having hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts may form polymeric micelles, i.e. stable particles with a core-shell structure. The association of the hydrophobic parts of the block copoly- 

The formation of stable nanoparticles has been studied using various derivatives of thermosensitive PNIPAM, including diblock and graft copolymers, PNIPAM-fc-PEO and PNIPAM-g-PEO [165-172]. hi these copolymers, the role of the PEO chains is to solubihse/stabihse collapsed PNIPAM at temperatures above its cloud point. Both the graft and the block copolymers, PNIPAM-g-PEO and PNIPAM-fc-PEO, form spherical core-shell structures in 

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