Stimuli-responsive amphiphilic block copolymers

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Another possibility for azo-polysiloxane applications is to obtain photo-sensible micelles [15-18]. The interest for this application is explained by the possibility to use polymeric micellar aggregates for controlled release of substances such as drugs [19, 20]. There are few reports on the use of light as an external stimulus for small amphiphilic molecules by incorporahug the azobeuzeue chromophore iuto surfactant [16] or for light-responsive micellar aggregates formed by amphiphilic block copolymers [17,18]. 

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