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dc.contributor.authorRikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.en
dc.contributor.authorLoizou, Elenaen
dc.contributor.authorPorcar, L.en
dc.contributor.authorMatyjaszewski, K.en
dc.contributor.authorPatrickios, Costas S.en
dc.creatorRikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D.en
dc.creatorLoizou, Elenaen
dc.creatorPorcar, L.en
dc.creatorMatyjaszewski, K.en
dc.creatorPatrickios, Costas S.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21T06:22:35Z
dc.date.available2019-11-21T06:22:35Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1759-9954
dc.identifier.urihttp://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/56081
dc.description.abstractEnd-linked, degradable, amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) of various compositions and architectures were synthesized by sequential atom transfer radical terpolymerization of monomers and cross-linker using a cleavable, bifunctional initiator, bearing two acid-labile hemiacetal ester groups. The incorporation of the initiator residue into the conetworks rendered them cleavable in the middle of their elastic polymer chains. The temporal evolution of the swollen mass of the conetworks in acidified THF-water mixtures was studied and it was determined that the APCN hydrolysis rates were dependent on both conetwork composition and architecture. Regarding the former, hydrophobic APCNs degraded slowly or they even did not dissolve at all. Regarding the latter, conetworks with hydrophobic monomer and hydrophobic cross-linker units distributed around the initiator fragment also dissolved more slowly or they did not degrade at all. Finally, characterization of the star copolymers, produced from conetwork hydrolysis, allowed the determination of the APCN core functionality to be around 30.en
dc.sourcePolymer Chemistryen
dc.source.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-82655171931&doi=10.1039%2fc1py00349f&partnerID=40&md5=7e5d2d4ba6d0fa01c6d7e98cc0836abe
dc.subjectPolymersen
dc.subjectMonomersen
dc.subjectHydrophobicityen
dc.subjectAtom transfer radical polymerizationen
dc.subjectAmphiphilicsen
dc.subjectFree radical reactionsen
dc.subjectHydrophobic monomersen
dc.subjectPolymer chainsen
dc.subjectHydrolysisen
dc.subjectBifunctionalen
dc.subjectCrosslinkeren
dc.subjectDegradable polymersen
dc.subjectBifunctional initiatorsen
dc.subjectConetworken
dc.subjectStar copolymersen
dc.subjectAmphiphilic polymersen
dc.subjectCore functionalityen
dc.subjectTerpolymerizationen
dc.subjectHemiacetal esteren
dc.subjectTemporal evolutionen
dc.subjectAcid-labileen
dc.subjectAtom transferen
dc.subjectHydrolysis rateen
dc.titleEnd-linked, amphiphilic, degradable polymer conetworks: Synthesis by sequential atom transfer radical polymerization using a bifunctional, cleavable initiatoren
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c1py00349f
dc.description.volume3
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.startingpage105
dc.description.endingpage116
dc.author.faculty002 Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
dc.author.departmentΤμήμα Χημείας / Department of Chemistry
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.description.notes<p>Cited By :25</p>en
dc.source.abbreviationPolym.Chem.en
dc.contributor.orcidPatrickios, Costas S. [0000-0001-8855-0370]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0001-8855-0370


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