A novel thermoresponsive diblock copolymer of methyl poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly (O-benzyl-L-threonine) was synthesized. The copolymer solutions exhibited gel-to-sol UCST transition behavior with temperature. The gel-to-sol transition was due to the disassembly of the initial β-sheet layered nanoassemblies that induced the transformation of self-organized morphology from nanosized fibrils to spherical aggregates.
- Hongyu Zhu
- Dongxu Gu
- Jianyuan Hao
