Doubly-responsive hyperbranched polymers and core-crosslinked star polymers with tunable reversibility

Abstract

Thermo- and redox-responsive hyperbranched copolymers were prepared by statistical copolymerization of <italic>N</italic>-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and <italic>N</italic>,<italic>N</italic>′-bis(acryloyl)cystamine (BAC) by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization.