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Thermoresponsive Synergistic Hydrogen Bonding Switched by Several Guest Units in a Water‐Soluble Polymer
Author(s) -
Hao Zhenhua,
Li Guangxiang,
Yang Ke,
Cai Yuanli
Publication year - 2013
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.201200685
Subject(s) - hydrogen bond , polymer , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , water soluble , aldehyde , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , composite material , engineering , catalysis
Thermoresponsive synergistic hydrogen bonding (H‐bonding) switched by several guest units in a water‐soluble polymer is reported. Adjusting the distribution of guest units can effectively change the synergistic H‐bonding inside polymer chains, thus widely switch the preorganization and thermoresponsive behavior of a water‐soluble polymer. The synergistic H‐bonding is also evidenced by converting less polar aldehyde groups into water‐soluble oxime groups, which bring about the lowering‐down of cloud point and an amplified hysteresis effect. This is a general approach toward the wide tunability of thermosensitivity of a water‐soluble polymer simply by adjusting the distribution of several guest H‐bonding units.