Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa
Abstract
A stimuli-responsive BAB triblock copolymer of PNIPAm-b-PVP-b-PNIPAm, which displayed a thermoreversible sol–gel transition, was readily synthesized via redox-initiated aqueous RAFT mediated polymerization, under mild conditions.
Funder
Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
National Research Foundation
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Polymers and Plastics,Biochemistry,Bioengineering