| 초록 |
Interest in stimuli-responsive polymers has persisted over many decades, and a great deal of work has been dedicated to developing environmentally sensitive macromolecules that can be crafted into new smart materials. 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. They can be also grafted on/from surfaces, or be used as chemically or physically cross-linked gels. Various types of stimuli, e.g., temperature, pH, ionic strength, light, an electric or magnetic field, have been employed to affect the properties of polymers. Comprehensive rational approaches to impart smartness in molecular brushes by integrating all the knowledge of brush architectures will be covered. |
