An introduction to the principles and fundamentals of CO₂-switchable polymers and polymer colloids

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• 作者：Michael F. Cunningham^a ; ^{michael.cunningham@queensu.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}Author Vitae ; Philip G. Jessop^bAuthor Vitae
• 关键词：Carbon dioxide ; Stimuli-responsive ; Polymers ; Nanoparticles ; CO2-switchable
• 刊名：European Polymer Journal
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：76
• 期：Complete
• 页码：208-215
• 全文大小：906 K

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In recent years carbon dioxide has emerged as a new and innovative “trigger” for stimuli-responsive materials. In addition to being abundant, inexpensive, nontoxic and environmentally benign, CO₂ does not accumulate in a system upon repeated cycles. Among the new CO₂-switchable materials that have been developed, polymer-based materials are of particular interest. In this paper we first present the fundamental principles of CO₂-switchability, and then provide examples of applying the chemistry of CO₂ switching to the preparation of CO₂-switchable polymers and polymer nanoparticles. We intend to provide the reader with sufficient background on CO₂-switchability to facilitate the synthesis of CO₂-switchable polymers in their own research, including the design of new materials with novel properties enabled by CO₂ switching.