Poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) (pVDMA) is emerging as an extremely versatile reactive platform in synthetic polymer chemistry. Post-polymerization modification of pVDMA (co)polymers with judiciously chosen primary and secondary amines is a convenient route for the preparation of novel responsive (co)polymers sensitive to a range of applied stimuli. In this talk we demonstrate the ability to access libraries of new thermoresponsive polymers with sharp and tuneable cloud points, how to reversibly induce self-assembly as a function of temperature or pH and how to prepare series of stimulus responsive hydrogels all from well-defined pVDMA (co)polymers prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization.

Building smart materials from poly(2-vinyl-4,4-dimethylazlactone) scaffolds

249th National Meeting (2015)

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