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Yuki Kohno1, Yuki Deguchi, Hiroyuki Ohno
1Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|November 6, 2012
Abstract:
A polymerised ionic liquid (poly(IL)) having suitable hydrophobicity undergoes a strongly temperature-sensitive LCST-type phase transition with pure water and also with aqueous salt solution, and the resulting hydrated poly(IL) further undergoes a sharp and reversible liquid-to-gel transition at ambient temperatures.
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