Macromolecules, Vol.33, No.12, 4361-4364, 2000
Cyclodextrins in polymer synthesis: Free radical copolymerization of methylated beta-cyclodextrin complexes of hydrophobic monomers with N-isopropylacrylamide in aqueous medium
Methylated beta-cyclodextrin (me-beta-CD) was used to form water-soluble host/guest complexes with the hydrophobic monomers n-butyl methacrylate (1), cyclohexyl methacrylate (2), isobornyl acrylate (3), isobornyl methaclylate (4), and styrene (5), respectively. The free-radical copolymerizations of the water-soluble N-isoplropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) with these complexed monomers were carried out in water at different molar ratios.