Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 21, Issue 12, Pages 4416-4423Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0jm03569f
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [50803036]
- Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project [B202]
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We report here a novel amphiphilic PDMS-containing poly(ether amine) (PDMS-gPEA) synthesized through one-pot condensation polymerization of commercial di-epoxy and amine monomers. The obtained PDMS-gPEA could be dispersed directly in aqueous solution to form stable uniform-sized nanoparticles with a diameter of about 16 nm, whose aggregation is responsive to temperature, pH and ionic strength with tunable cloud point (CP). The whole process for the responsive aggregation of PDMS-gPEA nanoparticles was revealed by transmission electron microscope (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS), and was intensively studied by UV-vis spectra. The responsive nanoparticles of PDMS-gPEA possessed the unique selective encapsulation of water-soluble dye, which provides potential applications in smart separations.
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