Amphiphilic polymers have been the subject of increasing interest because their unique interfacial interactions enable their use in diverse applications including surfactants, antimicrobial agents, and components of larger self-assembled systems. Amphiphilic block copolymer have been the subject of the majority of research in this field, because of their ease of synthetic preparation, however, the studies of amphiphilic homopolymers remain relatively limited. Amphiphilic homopolymers, which have both hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties on each unit, exhibited unique self-assemble properties.1-3 Because of their propensity to self-assemble, aggregates of amphiphilic homopolymers may be used for applications such as drug delivery, sensing and catalyst as well as a variety of other �smart� materials applications.

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245th National Meeting (2013)

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