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Aminofunctional polyethers: smart materials for applications in solution and on surfaces

Holger FreyValerie S. Wilms

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chemistry.chemical_classificationBiocompatible polymersMaterials sciencePolymers and PlasticsOrganic ChemistryNanotechnologyPolymerMicrostructureSmart materialBiocompatible materialMicellechemistryMaterials ChemistryCopolymerOrganic chemistrySurface modification

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In recent years, biocompatible polyethers with multi-aminofunctionality have been used for a variety of applications in different fields. Both established and recently developed synthesis strategies for such polymers and applications as stimuli-responsive materials, non-viral vectors, shell crosslinked micelles and for surface functionalization are reviewed. The intriguing potential of such materials is due to both polyether and polyamine components and can thus be readily tuned by the copolymer microstructure and composition. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry

https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.4496