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Crosstalk between responsivities to various stimuli in multiresponsive polymers: change in polymer chain and external environment polarity as the key factor

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Multiresponsive polymers offer a wealth of possibilities to design switchable materials which respond to more than one stimulus. We describe first the response of polymers to a single external stimulus, namely to temperature, light, pH value, redox changes, and low molecular weight species, and discuss the influence of these stimuli on the polymer chain polarity. Then, we review multiresponsive homopolymers and statistical and block co-polymers. Finally, we discuss the similarity of multiresponsive synthetic polymers to biopolymers. As a conclusion, multiresponsiveness opens up a broad area for combining different properties in one system, enabling numerous possible applications.

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M.H. and P.S. received support from the Czech Science Foundation (grant nos. 19-01602S and 18-07983S, respectively). C.M.P. received support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant nos. Pa 771/14-1 and Pa 771/19-1).

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Hruby, M., Štěpánek, P., Pánek, J. et al. Crosstalk between responsivities to various stimuli in multiresponsive polymers: change in polymer chain and external environment polarity as the key factor. Colloid Polym Sci 297, 1383–1401 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-019-04576-5

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