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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharm Des. 2015;21(15):1944–1959. doi: 10.2174/1381612821666150302151959

Table 2.

List of temperature sensitive polymers and their LCSTs

Class Polymer name LCSTs (°C) Ref.
Poly(N-alkyl) substituted acrylamides Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) 32 [101]
Poly(N-iso-propylmethacrylamide) (PNIPMAM) 42 [103]
Poly(N-cyclopropylacrylamide) (PNCPAL) 40–50 [104]
Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEA) 33 [105]
PolyN-(2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)Methacrylamide (PNDMM) 15.3 [106]
PolyN-(2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)Acrylamide (PNDMA) 17.8 [106]
Poly(N-vinylalkylamides) Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL) 32–35 [107]
Polyethers Poly(methyl vinyl ether) (PMVE) 37 [108]
Poly(ethylene oxide)–Poly(propylene oxide) (PEO-PPO) 12.5–52.5 [109]