Influence of Cyclodextrin Molecules on the Synthesis and the Thermoresponsive Solution Behavior of <i>N</i>‐Isopropylacrylamide Copolymers with Adamantyl Groups in the Side Chains

Abstract

New results have revealed that some values given in this original contribution are incorrect. The determined cloud point of polymer 5 does not lie over 95 °C as originally reported, but is actually 17 °C. The previously observed high optical transparency of a dispersion of polymer 5 was a result of the very small particle size that resulted from ultrasonic treatment. In light of this new result, the data for cyclodextrin-free polymer 5 presented in Table 1 and Figures 1, 2, and 3 are incorrect. In Table 1, the LCST value of polymer 5 of >95 °C should be replaced by 17 °C, while the monomer ratio (n/m) for polymers 5 and 6 should now read as 20:1 instead of 1:20. In Figures 1 and 3, the plotted data for polymer 5 in the absence of cyclodextrin should be replaced by a function which shows a turbidity point at 17 °C. In Figure 2, the LCST value of >95 °C should be corrected to 17 °C. In the text, all passages that refer to the cloud point of cyclodextrin-free polymer 5 are incorrect. However, all the other presented data as well as the conclusion remain valid.