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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 32, Issue 15, Pages 1185-1189Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100234
Keywords
amphiphilic; bile acids; oligo(ethylene glycol)s; star polymers; thermoresponsive polymers
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- NSERC of Canada
- FORNT of Quebec
- Canada Research Chair program
- FORNT
- FRSO
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Arnphiphilic star-shaped oligo(ethylene glycol)s with a hydrophobic bile acid core and varying number of hydrophilic arms have been made. Their thermal behavior in aqueous solutions depends on the number rather than the length of the arms. The two-armed lithocholate derivative showed the strongest tendency for association and exhibited the lowest cloud point (79 degrees C) of the oligomers made, as well as another phase separation at a lower temperature (31 degrees C). The double thermosensitivity arising both from the salt-dependent LCST of the oligo(ethylene glycol) segments and the temperature-responsive self-assembly of amphiphilic bile acid derivative provides an interesting path in the design of bile acid-based smart materials.
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