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Amphiphilic multicomponent molecular brushes

I. V. Ivanov^a, T. K. Meleshko^a, A. V. Kashina^a, A. V. Yakimanskii<sup>ab

a</sup> Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
^b Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University

Abstract: Multicomponent molecular brushes containing amphiphilic polymer moieties are promising objects of research of macromolecular chemistry. The development of stimulus-responsive systems sensitive to changes in environmental parameters, based on the molecular brushes, opens up new possibilities for their applications in medicine, biochemistry and microelectronics. The review presents the current understanding of the structures of main types of amphiphilic multicomponent brushes, depending on the chemical nature and type of coupling of the backbone and side chains. The approaches to the controlled synthesis of multicomponent molecular brushes of different architecture are analyzed. Self-assembly processes of multicomponent molecular brushes in selective solvents are considered.
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Received: 08.11.2018

DOI: 10.1070/RCR4870

 English version: Russian Chemical Reviews, 2019, 88:12, 1248–1290

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