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Synthesis and properties of thermo-responsive azobenzene-based supramolecular dendronized copolymer

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For the development of stimuli-responsive polymers, a series of novel thermo-responsive azobenzene-based supramolecular dendronized copolymers (4-(4′-(3, 4, 5-tris (2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy) benzyloxy) phenylazo) benzyl methacrylate) x -co-(N-Vinyl Pyrrolidone)y (PTEO2Azo x -co-PVP y ) have been successfully synthesized. We have investigated how the effects of temperature, content of azobenzene moiety, concentration, type and concentration of salt on the phase-transition behaviors of the dendronized copolymers, and the dendronized copolymers PTEO2Azo x -co-PVP y all showed the remarkably thermo-responsive phase-transition behaviors.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21576076 and 21471053) and Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate (No. CX2017B767).

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    ChangAn Yang, Ling Chen, He Huang, Ying Lu & JianMin Yi

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Yang, C., Chen, L., Huang, H. et al. Synthesis and properties of thermo-responsive azobenzene-based supramolecular dendronized copolymer. Polym. Bull. 75, 4117–4127 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-017-2255-0

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