Tacticity effect on the upper critical solution temperature behavior of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in an imidazolium ionic liquid

Left: The phase separation temperature as a function of tacticity for 5% PNIPAM in [BMIM][TFSI] solutionsRight: The phase diagram for PNIPAM with 78-79% meso-diad content in [BMIM][TFSI] solutionsCodes: m represents PNIPAMs with molecular weight of 34900-43600 g/mol, while HMWm represents PNIPAMs with molecular weight of 60200-85700 g/mol.225