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Cover Image, Volume 59, Issue 3
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
eISSN - 2642-4169
pISSN - 2642-4150
DOI - 10.1002/pol.20210035
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , lower critical solution temperature , citation , polymer , monomer , volume (thermodynamics) , ethylene glycol , methacrylate , computer science , molar mass , image (mathematics) , polymer science , chemistry , polymer chemistry , information retrieval , nanotechnology , copolymer , materials science , world wide web , physics , artificial intelligence , organic chemistry , engineering , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering
The Cover image from Theoni K. Georgiou and colleagues presents a novel library of thermoresponsive homopolymers based on poly (ethylene glycol) (EG) (m)ethyl ether methacrylate monomers. It is shown that the end group of the EG side group has a more dominant effect on the cloud point than the number of the EG or the molar mass of the polymer. This is an interesting result that can be used to tailor the LCST and gelling temperature of thermoresponsive copolymers. (DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200720 )