Abstract
We present experimental proof that so-called “flowerlike micelles” exist and that they have some distinctly different properties compared to their “starlike” counterparts. Amphiphilic AB diblock and BAB triblock copolymers consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as hydrophilic A block and thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) B block(s) were synthesized via atom transfer radical
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