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Depolymerizable Olefinic Polymers Based on Fused-Ring Cyclooctene Monomers
Published on: December 16, 2022
LCST: a powerful tool to control complexation between a dialkoxynaphthalene-functionalised
Julien Bigot1, Marc Bria, Stuart T Caldwell
1Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Macromoléculaire & CCM-RMN Lille 1, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59655, France.
Abstract:
We describe the application of the LCST of a naphthalene-functionalised polyNIPAM derivative as a convenient, tuneable and reversible method to disrupt complex formation with CBPQT(4+) in water.
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