The synthesis of chemically multifunctional polymer tadpoles made at high weight fractions of polymer (>10 wt %)

Materials, Measurements, Synthesis of methyl 2-butylthiocarbonothioylthio)propanoate trithiocarbonate chain transfer (RAFT)
agent (MCEBTTC) , Synthesis of carboxylic acid functional RAFT agent (Acid-RAFT), Synthesis of alkyne functional RAFT agent (Alkyne-RAFT), Synthesis of pyridyl disulfide functional RAFT agent (PDS-RAFT), Synthesis of R1-P(NIPAM44-co-STY1.5)-S(C=S)C4H9 macroCTA (MacroCTA-A), Synthesis of R2-PNIPAM47-S(C=S)C4H9 macroCTA (MacroCTA-B), Synthesis of R1-P(NIPAM47-co-DMA33)-S(C=S)C4H9 macroCTA (MacroCTA-C), Synthesis of functional R2-P(NIPAM47-co-DMA32)-S(C=S)C4H9 and R3-P(NIPAM43-co-DMA31)-S(C=S)C4H9 macroCTAs (MacroCTA-D and MacroCTA-E), Synthesis of PDMA115-SH, Preparation of functional polymer nanotadpoles, Preparation of tadpoles by temperature directed morphology transformation method (TDMT), The determination of extinction coefficient (λ = 342 nm) of 2-mercaptopyridine in PBS buffer (0.1 M) pH =8, Functionalization of pyridine disulphide (R2) nanostructures with L-glutathione (GSH), 1-thiolglycerol or poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)-SH (PDMA-SH), Functionalization of alkyne (R3) functional nanotadpoles with PEG-N3 by CuAAC ‘click’ reaction in water