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In this paper, we prepared an amphiphilic polymer (PadaMX and PAdaM3QA\u2212X) with temperature-, pH-, ion-, and \u03b2-cyclodextrin (\u03b2-CD)-responsive properties. According to the cloud point tested by the UV-Vis method, the lower critical soluble temperature (LCST) of PAdaM3QA\u221210% was more sensitive to a change in pH and less sensitive to a change in ions compared with PadaM3 due to quaternized side chains with a stronger intramolecular mutual repulsion. We then fabricated the coatings with responsive properties by immobilizing the adamantyl groups on \u03b2-CD-modified surfaces. The hydrophilicity of the coatings was improved after quaternization, as proven by the water contact angle (WCA) measurement. The antifouling and antibacterial performance was further evaluated via the fluorescence intensity of bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorbed on the surfaces and the spread plate method. A 78.4% BSA desorption rate and a 96.8% sterilization rate were achieved by the PAdaM3QA\u221210% coating. In summary, this work prepared a multiple-stimuli-responsive amphiphilic copolymer for antifouling and antibacterial functionality via a \u201cresistance\u2013kill\u2013release\u201d mechanism.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules27165059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,10]],"date-time":"2022-08-10T04:20:32Z","timestamp":1660105232000},"page":"5059","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A Multiple-Stimuli-Responsive Amphiphilic Copolymer for Antifouling and Antibacterial Functionality via a \u201cResistance\u2013Kill\u2013Release\u201d Mechanism"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0183-9206","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaohan","family":"Liao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kai","family":"Niu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yongming","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"291","DOI":"10.1038\/354291a0","article-title":"Electrically erodible polymer gel for controlled release of drugs","volume":"354","author":"Kwon","year":"1991","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"345","DOI":"10.1038\/346345a0","article-title":"Phase transition in polymer gels induced by visible light","volume":"346","author":"Suzuki","year":"1990","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4167","DOI":"10.1021\/ma00093a018","article-title":"Thermosensitive interpenetrating polymer networks: Synthesis, characterization, and macromolecular release","volume":"27","author":"Gutowska","year":"1994","journal-title":"Macromolecules"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1601","DOI":"10.1126\/science.278.5343.1601","article-title":"Reversible polymers formed from self-complementary monomers using quadruple hydrogen bonding","volume":"278","author":"Sijbesma","year":"1997","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6278","DOI":"10.1021\/la036341i","article-title":"Grafting of single, stimuli-responsive poly (ferrocenylsilane) polymer chains to gold surfaces","volume":"20","author":"Zou","year":"2004","journal-title":"Langmuir"},{"key":"ref_6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Okada, S., and Sato, E. 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