Open AccessEffects of temperature on chaotropic anion-induced shape transitions of star molecular bottlebrushes with heterografted poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(N,N-dialkylaminoethyl methacrylate) side chains in acidic water
Author(s) -
Evan M. Lewoczko,
Michael T. Kelly,
Ethan W. Kent,
Bin Zhao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
soft matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1744-6848
pISSN - 1744-683X
DOI - 10.1039/d1sm00728a
Subject(s) - protonation , chaotropic agent , ethylene oxide , chemistry , ion , side chain , amine gas treating , polymer chemistry , lower critical solution temperature , oxide , crystallography , organic chemistry , polymer , copolymer
While super chaotropic anion (CA)-collapsed protonated tertiary amine-containing three-arm star bottlebrushes remain globular upon heating from room temperature to 70 °C, moderate CA-collapsed bottlebrushes exhibit star-globule shape transitions.