Table 1. Poly(NIPAM) samples produced by RAFT polymerisation for this study.
| Polymer | CTA | DPNMR |
 /kDa |
 /kDa |
Đ | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1a | 1 | 50 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 1.14 | — |
| P1b | 1 | 97 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 1.14 | — |
| P1c | 1 | 196 | 22.5 | 20.0 | 1.18 | — |
| P2 | 2 | 98 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 1.10 | >99% PFP incorporation |
| P3 | 3 | 78 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 1.10 | 80–95% NHS incorporation |
| P4a | 1 | 50 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 1.17 | 47% free thiol |
| P4b | 1 | 97 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 1.23 | 37% free thiol |
| P4c | 1 | 196 | 22.5 | 21.4 | 1.30 | 27% free thiol |
| P5 | 4 | 61 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 1.16 | — |
| P6 | 9 | 105 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 1.05 | 98% PFP incorporation |
| P7 | 9 | 105 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 1.04 | 53% Tz incorporation |
| P8 | — | 145 | 16.4 | — | 1.12 | >99% Nb incorporation |
DMF was used as the SEC eluent in all cases, with poly(methyl methacrylate) standards. DP = Degree of polymerisation.