Hot Paper: The formation of core cross-linked star polymer and nanogel assemblies facilitated by the formation of dynamic covalent imine bonds

Chemoresponsive polymer structures containing dynamic covalent imine bonds have been created using RAFT polymerisation. The team from Newcastle University, UK, fabricated core-cross-linked star polymers using diblock copolymers containing ‘inert’ and ‘reactive’ blocks. The also team made nanogels using methacrylate copolymers that cross-link by forming kinetically stable imine bonds in organic solvents.

Graphical abstract: The formation of core cross-linked star polymer and nanogel assemblies facilitated by the formation of dynamic covalent imine bonds

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Alexander W. Jackson, Christopher Stakes and David A. Fulton, Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2500-2511

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