| 초록 |
Stimuli-responsive polymers respond to small external changes in their environment with dramatic property variations. These polymers can have different composition and architecture, including not only homopolymers, but also statistical/block copolymers, graft copolymers and molecular brushes. Stimuli-responsive polymers are usually capable of stimuli-induced conformational changes, reversible solubility control, and reversible self-assembly into polymeric micelles or vesicles. Given these unique properties, stimuli-responsive polymers are being developed for uses in such fields as drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, and sensor/actuator systems. In this talk, recent advances in syntheses and characteristics of stimuli-responsive molecular brushes will be discussed. In addition, stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles as the drug delivery vehicles will be also discussed. |
