Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (09): 1877.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0251-0790.2012.09.001

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Synthesis and Function of Stimuli-responsive Polymer Systems

YAN Qiang, YUAN Jin-Ying   

  1. Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronic and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2011-11-23 Online:2012-09-10 Published:2012-08-14

Abstract:

Stimuli-responsive polymer is a class of macromolecular system with smart behavior. Their macromolecular structure and state can be great changed in response to external stimuli, such as pH value, light, thermal, voltage, redox and gas. Then their physicochemical properties will be influenced and the functiona-lities will be realized. Stimuli-responsive polymers have shown wide prospective applications in the fields of nanomaterials, life science, medical science and so on. This review introduces the recent progress of the authors’ group on the synthesis, self-assembly, functionality and applications of stimuli-responsive macromolecular systems.

Key words: Stimuli-responsive, Polymer, Smart behavior, Macromolecular self-assembly, Functional assembly

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