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  • Ohnsorg, Monica L; Prendergast, Paige C; Robinson, Lindsay L; Bockman, Matthew R; Bates, Frank S; Reineke, Theresa M

    ACS macro letters, 03/2021, Letnik: 10, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    Bottlebrush polymers have great potential as vehicles to noncovalently sequester, stabilize, and deliver hydrophobic small molecule actives. To this end, we synthesized a poly( -isopropylacrylamide- - , -dimethylacrylamide) bottlebrush copolymer using ring-opening metathesis polymerization and developed a facile method to control the thermoresponsive properties using postpolymerization modification. Six increasingly hydrophilic end-groups were installed, yielding cloud point temperature control over a range of 22-42 °C. Solubility enhancement of the antiseizure medication, phenytoin, increased significantly with the hydrophilicity of the end-group moiety. Notably, carboxylated bottlebrush copolymers solubilized formulations with higher drug loadings than linear copolymers because they exist as unimolecular nanoparticles with a synthetically defined density of polymer chains that are more stable in solution. This work provides the first investigation of bottlebrush polymers for hydrophobic noncovalent sequestration and solubilization of pharmaceuticals.