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multifunctional poly(propylene imine) dendrimer as a prospective drug delivery system.
Biomacromol 5:524–529
24. Kimura M, Kato M, Muto T, Hanabusa K, Shirai H (2000) Temperature-sensitive dendritic
hosts: synthesis, characterization, and control of catalytic activity. Macromolecules
33:1117–1119
25. You YZ, Hong CY, Pan CY, Wang PH (2004) Synthesis of a dendritic core–shell
nanostructure with a temperature-sensitive. Shell Adv Mater 16:1953–1957
26. Xu J, Luo S, Shi W, Liu S (2006) Two-stage collapse of unimolecular micelles with double
thermoresponsive coronas. Langmuir 22:989–997
27. Yang Z, Zhang W, Zou J, Shi W (2007) Synthesis and thermally responsive characteristics
of dendritic poly(ether-amide) grafting with PNIPAAm and PEG. Polymer 48:931–938
28. Lee HI, Lee JA, Poon Z, Hammond PT (2008) Temperature-triggered reversible micellar
self-assembly of linear–dendritic block copolymers. Chem Commun 2008:3726–3728
29. Plummer R, Hill DTJ, Whittaker AK (2006) Solution properties of star and linear poly(Nisopropylacrylamide). Macromolecules 39:8379–8388
30. Xu J, Liu S (2009) Synthesis of well-defined 7-arm and 21-arm poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
star polymers with b-cyclodextrin cores via click chemistry and their thermal phase
transition behavior in aqueous solution. J Polym Sci A 47:404–419
31. Liu YY, Zhong YB, Nan JK, Tian W (2010) Star polymers with both temperature sensitivity
and inclusion functionalities. Macromolecules 43:10221–10230
32. Lambeth RH, Ramakrishnan S, Mueller R, Poziemski JP, Miguel GS, Markoski LJ,
Zukoski CF, Moore JS (2006) Synthesis and aggregation behavior of thermally responsive
star polymers. Langmuir 22:6352–6360
33. Ni C, Wu G, Zhu C, Yao B (2010) The preparation and characterization of amphiphilic star
block copolymer nano micelles using silsesquioxane as the core. J Phys Chem C 114:
13471–13476
34. Bai Y, Wei J, Yang L, He C, Lu X (2012) Temperature and pH dual-responsive behavior of
polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based star-block copolymer with poly(acrylic
acid-block-N-isopropylacrylamide) as arms. Colloid Polym Sci 290:507–515
35. Zhu W, Nese A, Matyjaszewski K (2011) Thermoresponsive star triblock copolymers by
combination of ROP and ATRP: from micelles to hydrogels. J Polym Sci A 49:1942–1952
36. Guo Y, Li M, Li X, Shang Y, Liu H (2017) Stimuli-responsive and micellar behaviors of
star-shaped poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]-b-poly[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl
methacrylate] with a b-cyclodextrin core. React Funct Polym 116:77–86
37. Das S, Chatterjee DP, Ghosh R, Das P, Nandi AK (2016) Water soluble stimuli-responsive
star copolymers with multiple encapsulation and release properties. RSC Adv 6:8773–8785
38. Kuckling D, Wycisk A (2013) Stimuli-responsive star polymers. Inc J Polym Sci A
51:2980–2994
39. Huggins ML (1941) Solutions of long chain compounds. J Chem Phys 9:440
40. Flory PJ (1941) Thermodynamics of high polymer solutions. J Chem Phys 9:660–661
41. Flory PJ (1941) Molecular size distribution in three dimensional polymers. I. Gelation. JACS
63:3083–3090
42. Flory PJ (1941) Molecular size distribution in three dimensional polymers. II. Trifunctional
branching units. JACS 63:3091–3096
43. Flory PJ (1941) Molecular size distribution in three dimensional polymers. III.
Tetrafunctional branching units. JACS 63:3096–3100
44. Flory PJ (1942) Thermodynamics of high polymer solutions. J Chem Phys 10:51–61
45. Stockmayer WH (1944) Theory of molecular size distribution and gel formation in Branched
polymers II. General cross linking. J Chem Phys 12:125–131
46. Flory PJ, Krigbaum WR (1950) Statistical mechanics of dilute polymer solutions II. J Chem
Phys 18:1086–1094
47. Krigbaum WR, Flory PJ (1953) Statistical mechanics of dilute polymer solutions. IV.
Variation of the osmotic second coefficient with molecular weight. JACS 75:1775–1784
262
M. Kozanecki et al.