Abstract
Oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated hyperbranched poly(triazole) (hb-PTA-OEG) with thermal and metal ion dual stimuli-responsiveness was synthesized by Cu(i)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition polymerization, which possessed a high molecular weight (Mn = 203 kDa) and good thermal properties (Td = 367°C, Tg = -14.1°C). Importantly, hb-PTA-OEG exhibited a relatively low cloud point (CP) temperature ranging from 34.4 to 31.1°C as the concentration was increased from 0.02 to 2.0 wt%. Simultaneously, hb-PTA-OEG has the ability to coordinate with various metal ions, and the type of metal ions influenced the CP of hb-PTA-OEG solution to some extent as a result of their different association strengths with the polymer, particularly, Ag+ ion showed a conspicuous contribution to increasing the CP among the several selected ions. As a result, hb-PTA-OEG can act as an absorber of metal ions, and the selective absorption of Ag+ ion could be reached by tuning temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4801-4808 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 26 |
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| State | Published - 14 Jul 2015 |