Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam), a comprehensive review on a thermoresponsive polymer becoming popular

NA Cortez-Lemus, A Licea-Claverie - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) is a temperature-responsive polymer, only
second to poly (N-isopropylacrylamide), the most popular temperature-responsive polymer …

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

S Hu, J Zhao, G Zhang, H Schlaad - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

Reversibly thermo-responsive materials applied in lithium batteries

Z Wei, L Yu, S Lu, Y Zhao - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermo-responsive materials are smart materials that are capable of reacting to a local
temperature variation, with high stimuli-sensitivity and/or facile reversibility. In recent years …

Self-Assemblies of Thermoresponsive Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) Polymers for Applications in Biomedical Field

V Kozlovskaya, E Kharlampieva - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PVCL) is a temperature-responsive polymer with a lower critical
solution temperature (LCST) in the physiological range. PVCL's unique features include …

Temperature-Responsive Polymersomes of Poly(3-methyl-N-vinylcaprolactam)-block-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) To Decrease Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity

V Kozlovskaya, F Liu, Y Yang, K Ingle, S Qian… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Despite being one of the most potent chemotherapeutics, doxorubicin (DOX) facilitates
cardiac toxicity by irreversibly damaging the cardiac muscle as well as severely …

Recent advances in the synthesis of complex macromolecular architectures based on poly (n-vinyl pyrrolidone) and the RAFT polymerization technique

N Roka, O Kokkorogianni, P Kontoes-Georgoudakis… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in the controlled RAFT polymerization of complex macromolecular
architectures based on poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone), PNVP, are summarized in this review …

Thermoresponsive Micelles from Double LCST-Poly(3-methyl-N-vinylcaprolactam) Block Copolymers for Cancer Therapy

X Liang, F Liu, V Kozlovskaya, Z Palchak… - ACS Macro …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present synthesis and assembly of novel thermoresponsive block copolymers with
double LCST precisely controlled within the physiological temperature range. Two separate …

Synthesis and characterisation of hydrogels based on poly (N-vinylcaprolactam) with diethylene glycol diacrylate

E Halligan, BSH Tie, DM Colbert, M Alsaadi, S Zhuo… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam) is a polymer that is biocompatible, water-soluble, thermally
sensitive, non-toxic, and nonionic. In this study, the preparation of hydrogels based on Poly …

Micellization of novel biocompatible thermo-sensitive graft copolymers based on poly (ε-caprolactone), poly (N-vinylcaprolactam) and poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone)

J Winninger, DM Iurea, LI Atanase, S Salhi… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study reports the metal-free synthesis, the characterization and the micellization of a
novel type of amphiphilic biocompatible and thermo-sensitive graft copolymers. It comprises …

Synthesis and self‐assembly of thermosensitive double‐hydrophilic poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam)‐b‐poly(N‐vinyl‐2‐pyrrolidone) diblock copolymers

X Liang, V Kozlovskaya, CP Cox… - Journal of Polymer …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We report on novel diblock copolymers of poly (N‐vinylcaprolactam)(PVCL) and poly (N‐
vinyl‐2‐pyrrolidone)(PVPON)(PVCL‐b‐PVPON) with well‐defined block lengths …