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Cellulose nanocrystals in smart and stimuli-responsive materials: a review

Materials Today Advances, 2020
“Smart” stimuli-responsive materials have been the subject of decades of research because of their versatility and particularly their use in medical and sensing applications.
R. Nasseri, C.P. Deutschman, L. Han, M.A. Pope, K.C. Tam   +4 more
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A new approach to thermal responsivity and hydrodynamics of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in aqueous solution: all-atom and mesoscopic simulations

Materials Research Express, 2021
In this study, the impact of chemical and physical characteristics of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) in water on its thermoresponsive behavior and aggregation was investigated via all-atom and mesoscopic simulations.
Sajad Rasouli, Mohammad Reza Moghbeli, Seyed Majid Hashemianzadeh   +2 more
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Control of Bandgaps and Energy Levels in Water-Soluble Discontinuously Conjugated Polymers through Chemical Modification

, 2023
Bandgap and energy levels are crucial for developing new electronic and photonic devices because photoabsorption is highly dependent on the bandgap. Moreover, the transfer of electrons and holes between different materials depends on their respective ...
Hao-Xuan Guo, Hiroyuki Aota, Riho Higashida   +2 more
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Design of acrylamide-based thermoresponsive copolymer with potential capability for physical network formation in water: a molecular dynamics study

Materials Research Express, 2022
In this work, a new smart copolymer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)- b -polyacrylamide- b -poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm- b -PAM- b -PNIPAm) was designed as an efficient thermo-sensitive polymer with a potential for formation a physical network ...
Sajad Rasouli, Mohammad Reza Moghbeli, Seyed Majid Hashemianzadeh   +2 more
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Insight in thermomechanical constitutive modeling of shape memory polymers

Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2022
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a new member of the smart materials family. SMPs have found wide applications or potential applications in almost all manmade structures and devices.
Amir Shojaei, Wei Xu, Cheng Yan, Qianxi Yang, Guoqiang Li   +4 more
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Oral delivery of exenatide-loaded hybrid zein nanoparticles for stable blood glucose control and β-cell repair of type 2 diabetes mice

Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2020
Background Exenatide is an insulinotropic peptide drug for type 2 diabetes treatment with low risk of hypoglycemia, and is administrated by subcutaneous injection.
Xiaoyan Bao, Kang Qian, Ping Yao
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13 Smart polymers for bioseparation and other biotechnological applications

, 2014
: The progress in development of a number of novel products using recombinant DNA technology and cell culturing, plus the demands for high product yield whilst preserving biological activity, require novel approaches for fast and cost-effective isolation
Galaev, I. Yu., I.N., Savina, Savina, I.N., Mikhalovsky, S.V.   +3 more
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Smart World; Smart Polymers

, 2022
Welcome to the timely publication of this chapter entitled: “Smart World; Smart polymers”. Smart polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers or functional polymers are high-performance polymers that change according to the environment they are in. Such materials can be sensitive to a number of factors, such as temperature, humidity, pH, chemical compounds ...
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Thermoresponsive polymers for biomedical applications [PDF]

, 2011
Thermoresponsive polymers are a class of “smart” materials that have the ability to respond to a change in temperature; a property that makes them useful materials in a wide range of applications and consequently attracts much scientific interest.
Georgiou, TK, Ward, MA, Mark A. Ward, Theoni K. Georgiou   +3 more
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Crowding for Confinement: Reversible Isomerization of First-Generation Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adduct Derivatives in Water Modulated by Thermoresponsive Dendritic Macromolecules

Molecules
Mimicking nature, the reversible isomerization of hydrophobic dyes in aqueous solutions is appealing for bio-applications. Here, we report on the reversible isomerization of first-generation solvatochromic donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASAs) in ...
Jiaxing Zhang, Qinqin Ma, Huan Wang, Peinan Zhang, Xinyan Su, Afang Zhang, Wen Li   +6 more
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