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In the present study, we prepared amphipathic and photosensitive copolymers using zinc porphyrin via consecutive atom transfer-free radical polymerizations (ATRPs) comprising photoresponsive and thermosensitive chain segments. Furthermore, we evaluated the photocatalytic activity of the copolymer for methylene blue (MB) in water.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> First, we synthesized a photoresponsive ain segment of poly (6-[4-(4-methoxyphenylazo)phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate) (ZnPor-PAzo); then, ZnPor-PAzo was used as a macroinitiator and was polymerized with <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) via ATRPs to obtain a novel photochemical and thermoresponsive diblock biomaterial with end-functionalized zinc porphyrin [(ZnPor-PAzo)\u2013PNIPAMs].<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The polydispersity index (<jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>w<\/jats:sub>\/<jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>n<\/jats:sub>) of (ZnPor-PAzo)\u2013PNIPAMs was 1.19\u20131.32. Furthermore, its photoresponsive and thermosensitive characteristics were comprehensively studied.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Discussion:<\/jats:bold> The end-functionalized diblock copolymer (ZnPor-PAzo)\u2013PNIPAM exhibits obvious fluorescence and efficient photocatalytic activity for aqueous MB under visible light.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fbioe.2023.1268458","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,1]],"date-time":"2023-12-01T14:30:00Z","timestamp":1701441000000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Synthesis of a novel photochemical and thermoresponsive diblock biomaterial with end-functionalized zinc porphyrin"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Nannan","family":"Qiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinyuan","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruizhang","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhenzhen","family":"Hui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"5200","DOI":"10.1002\/pola.20307","article-title":"Polymers derived from N-isopropylacrylamide and azobenzene-containing acrylamides: photoresponsive affinity to water","volume":"42","author":"Akiyama","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. 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