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Macromol. Rapid Commun. 20/2008
Author(s) -
Chiper Manuela,
Fournier David,
Hoogenboom Richard,
Schubert Ulrich S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200890040
Subject(s) - lower critical solution temperature , supramolecular chemistry , terpyridine , cover (algebra) , ligand (biochemistry) , polymer chemistry , polymer , materials science , supramolecular polymers , nanotechnology , polymer science , chemistry , metal , molecule , copolymer , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , receptor , metallurgy
Cover: An attractive concept for designing “smart materials” is the combination of supramolecular interactions, namely metal‐ligand coordination with lower critical solution temperature (LCST) polymers. This concept allows exploitation of the thermoresponsive polymer properties and, at the same time, the characteristics offered by the specificity of the utilized supramolecular interactions. The cover presents the temperature switchability, represented by the LCST of mono ‐terpyridine PNIPAM and its Fe(II) bis ‐terpyridine PNIPAM complexes as well as switching the complexation by adding a competing ligand HEEDTA. Further details can be found in the article by M. Chiper, D. Fournier, R. Hoogenboom, and U. S. Schubert * on page 1640.