Fracture Toughness and Blocking Force of Temperature-Sensitive PolyNIPAAm and Alginate Hybrid Gels
Gels, 2022 In the field of actuator materials, hydrogels that undergo large volume changes in response to external stimuli have been developed for a variety of promising applications.
Yong-Woo Kim, Do Yoon Kim, Jeong-Yun Sun
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Polyester textile functionalization through incorporation of pH/thermo-responsive microgels. Part II: polyester functionalization and characterization [PDF]
, 2011 A new approach to functionalize the surface of polyester textiles is described in this study. Functionalization was achieved by incorporating pH/temperature-responsive polyelectrolyte microgels into the textile surface layer using UV irradiation. The aim
Calvimontes, A. +3 more
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Phase Diagrams of Smart Copolymers Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Poly(sodium acrylate)
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 The phase behavior of linear poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA), linear copolymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(sodium acrylate) (PNIPA-SA), and chemically cross-linked PNIPA in water has been determined by temperature modulated differential ...
Iwona Zarzyka +2 more
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1H NMR study of thermo-induced collapse of polyelectrolyte microgels
eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2018 Smart polymer gels of microscale size are attracting a lot of attention since their properties, such as fast response to various external stimuli, make them suitable candidates for many potential applications including drug delivery, nanoreactors, or ...
E. Yu. Kozhunova +5 more
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Laser induced SERS switching using plasmonic heating of PNIPAM coated HGNs [PDF]
, 2015 This is the first report of SERS switching ‘on and off’ using laser induced plasmonic heating of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) coated hollow gold nanoshells (HGNs).
Faulds, K. +3 more
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Temperature Driven Transformation in Dextran-Graft-PNIPAM/Embedded Silver Nanoparticle Hybrid System
International Journal of Polymer Science, 2019 During the last decade, stimuli-responsible polymers based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) having conformational transition in the range of physiological temperature have been discussed as novel drug delivery nanosystems.
V. Chumachenko +8 more
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Characterization of Ball-milled Poly(Nisopropylacrylamide) Nanogels
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2022 Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogels are one of the most commonly studied thermoresponsive biomaterials. In this work, we investigate ball milling as a method of producing PNIPAM nanogels and confirm that the temperature responsiveness is ...
Huling Jennifer +4 more
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Tuning the Fast Dynamics of PNIPAM-Based Systems with Bio-Cosolvents
Proceedings, 2019 Smart polymers as poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) are well known due to their fast response to variations of parameters like temperature, pH, and pressure. [...]
Benedetta Petra Rosi +8 more
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Water flow in poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gels
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2006 Friction between a polymer network of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gels and solvent water was investigated. The gel was mechanically constrained in a glass capillary at gelation, and hydrostatic pressure was directly applied to the cross section of the cylinder.
Atsushi, Suzuki, Muneyuki, Yoshikawa
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Soluplus solutions as thermothickening materials for topical drug delivery. [PDF]
, 2019 Soluplus is a pharmaceutical excipient used primarily in the manufacture of solid dispersions. The polymer also exhibits interesting rheology in aqueous solution, increasing in viscosity as the solution is warmed.
Abou Shamat, Mohamad, Cook, Michael
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