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. 2016 Oct 27;8(11):380. doi: 10.3390/polym8110380

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Structures of lower critical solution temperature (LCST) type of thermo-responsive copolymers for dual thermo-responsive block copolymers: 1. NIPAAm: N-isopropylacrylamide; 2. NEAM: N-ethylacrylamide; 3. NPAM: N-n-propylacrylamide; 4. EMA: N,N-ethylmethylacrylamide; 5. dEA: N,N-diethylacrylamide; 6. AP: N-acryloylpyrrolidine; 7. A-Pro-OMe: N-acryloyl-l-proline methylester; 8. A-Hyp-OMe: N-acryloyl-4-hydroxy-l-proline methylester; 9. NIPMAM: N-isopropyl methacrylamide; 10. HMAAm: N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide; 11. BMAAm: N-(isobutoxymethyl) acrylamide; 12. HEAAm: N-hydroxyethylacrylamide; 13. MVE: methyl vinyl ether; 14. MOVE: 2-methoxyethyl vinyl ether; 15. EOVE: 2-ethoxyethyl vinyl ether; 16. EOEOVE: 2-(2-ethoxy)ethoxyethyl vinyl ether; 17. MTEGVE: methyltriethylene glycol vinyl ether; 18. MDEGA: methoxydiethylene glycol acrylate; 19. MEO₂MA: 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl methacrylate; 20–21. OEGMA: oligo(ethylethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate; 22. ATA: 6-acethylthiohexylacrylate, DP: 2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate; 23. DMAEMA: 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate; 24. MEMA: 2-(N-morpholino)ethyl methacrylate; 25. VMA: N-(4-vinylbenzyl)-N,N-dimethylamine; 26. VEA: N-(4-vinylbenzyl)-N,N-diethylamine; 27–29. mPEGV: poly(ethyleneglycol)methyl ether vinyl phenyl; 30. NVCL: N-vinylcaprolactam; 31. NMVA: N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide; 32. NVP: N-vinylpyrrolidone; 33. PPO: poly(propylene oxide); 34. PluronicF127: poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene)-poly(oxyethylene); 35. EEGE: ethoxyethylglycidyl ether. CP: cloud point.

Structures of lower critical solution temperature (LCST) type of thermo-responsive copolymers for dual thermo-responsive block copolymers: 1. NIPAAm: N-isopropylacrylamide; 2. NEAM: N-ethylacrylamide; 3. NPAM: N-n-propylacrylamide; 4. EMA: N,N-ethylmethylacrylamide; 5. dEA: N,N-diethylacrylamide; 6. AP: N-acryloylpyrrolidine; 7. A-Pro-OMe: N-acryloyl-l-proline methylester; 8. A-Hyp-OMe: N-acryloyl-4-hydroxy-l-proline methylester; 9. NIPMAM: N-isopropyl methacrylamide; 10. HMAAm: N-hydroxymethyl acrylamide; 11. BMAAm: N-(isobutoxymethyl) acrylamide; 12. HEAAm: N-hydroxyethylacrylamide; 13. MVE: methyl vinyl ether; 14. MOVE: 2-methoxyethyl vinyl ether; 15. EOVE: 2-ethoxyethyl vinyl ether; 16. EOEOVE: 2-(2-ethoxy)ethoxyethyl vinyl ether; 17. MTEGVE: methyltriethylene glycol vinyl ether; 18. MDEGA: methoxydiethylene glycol acrylate; 19. MEO₂MA: 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethyl methacrylate; 20–21. OEGMA: oligo(ethylethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate; 22. ATA: 6-acethylthiohexylacrylate, DP: 2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate; 23. DMAEMA: 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate; 24. MEMA: 2-(N-morpholino)ethyl methacrylate; 25. VMA: N-(4-vinylbenzyl)-N,N-dimethylamine; 26. VEA: N-(4-vinylbenzyl)-N,N-diethylamine; 27–29. mPEGV: poly(ethyleneglycol)methyl ether vinyl phenyl; 30. NVCL: N-vinylcaprolactam; 31. NMVA: N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide; 32. NVP: N-vinylpyrrolidone; 33. PPO: poly(propylene oxide); 34. PluronicF127: poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxypropylene)-poly(oxyethylene); 35. EEGE: ethoxyethylglycidyl ether. CP: cloud point.