Synthesis and Self-Assembled Behavior of pH-Responsive Chiral Liquid Crystal Amphiphilic Copolymers Based on Diosgenyl-Functionalized Aliphatic Polycarbonate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of mPEG43-b-PMBC40
2.2. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of mPEG43-b-PMCC40
2.3. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of mPEG43-PMCC25-P(MCC-DHO)15
2.4. Liquid Crystal Behaviour of mPEG43-PMCC25-P(MCC-DHO)15
2.5. pH Responsive Self-Assembly of mPEG43-PMCC25-P(MCC-DHO)15
3. Materials and Methods
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Guo, Z.-H.; Liu, X.-F.; Hu, J.-S.; Yang, L.-Q.; Chen, Z.-P. Synthesis and Self-Assembled Behavior of pH-Responsive Chiral Liquid Crystal Amphiphilic Copolymers Based on Diosgenyl-Functionalized Aliphatic Polycarbonate. Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070169
Guo Z-H, Liu X-F, Hu J-S, Yang L-Q, Chen Z-P. Synthesis and Self-Assembled Behavior of pH-Responsive Chiral Liquid Crystal Amphiphilic Copolymers Based on Diosgenyl-Functionalized Aliphatic Polycarbonate. Nanomaterials. 2017; 7(7):169. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070169
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuo, Zhi-Hao, Xiao-Feng Liu, Jian-She Hu, Li-Qun Yang, and Zhang-Pei Chen. 2017. "Synthesis and Self-Assembled Behavior of pH-Responsive Chiral Liquid Crystal Amphiphilic Copolymers Based on Diosgenyl-Functionalized Aliphatic Polycarbonate" Nanomaterials 7, no. 7: 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070169