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Weakly Ionically Bound Thermosensitive Hyperbranched Polymers
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DOI：10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03487.png)
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We synthesized novel amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) with variable contents of weakly ionically tethered thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) macrocations in contrast to traditional covalent linking. Their assembling behavior was studied below and above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST). The HBPs underwent a morphological transition under changing temperature and ionic strength due to the LCST transition of PNIPAM and the reduction in the ionization degree of terminal ionic groups, respectively. We suggest that, in contrast to traditional branched polymers, ionically linked PNIPAM macrocations can reversibly disassociate from the sulfonate groups and form mobile coronas, endowing the dynamic micellar morphologies. In addition, assembly at the air-water interface confined PNIPAM macrocations and resulted in the formation of heterogeneous Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) monolayers with diverse surface morphologies for different peripheral compositions with circular domains formed in the condensed state. The HBPs with 25% PNIPAM showed larger and more stable circular domains that were partially preserved at high compression than those of HBPs with 50% PNIPAM. Moreover, the LB monolayers showed variable surface mechanical and surface charge distribution, which can be attributed to net dipole redistribution caused by the behavior of mobile PNIPAM macrocations and core sulfonate groups.
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CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE
BLOCK-COPOLYMER
MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES
MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS
MOLECULAR REORGANIZATION
N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE
DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS
CHAIN-LENGTH
POLYELECTROLYTE
BEHAVIOR
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