scholarly journals Equilibrium swelling of thermo-responsive copolymer microgels

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (70) ◽  
pp. 42718-42732
Author(s):  
A. D. Drozdov ◽  
J. deClaville Christiansen

A model is developed for equilibrium swelling of thermo-responsive copolymer gels and is applied to predict the effect of molar fraction of comonomers on the volume phase transition temperature of macroscopic gels and microgels.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1913-1921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yefei Tian ◽  
Shanshan Bian ◽  
Wuli Yang

We developed a redox degradable P(MEO2MA-s-s-OEGMA) nanogel with tunable volume phase transition temperature for drug delivery via precipitation polymerization using a disulfide-containing crosslinker.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Kyoung Lee ◽  
Yongdoo Park ◽  
Jongseong Kim

Characterization of responsive hydrogels and their enhancement with novel moieties have improved our understanding of functional materials. Hydrogels coupled with inorganic nanoparticles have been sought for novel types of responsive materials, but the efficient routes for the formation and the responsivity of complexed materials remain for further investigation. Here, we report that responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (pNIPAm-co-AAc) hydrogel microparticles (microgels) are tunable by varying composition of co-monomer and crosslinker as well as by their complexation with magnetic nanoparticles in aqueous dispersions. Our results show that the hydrodynamic diameter and thermoresponsivity of microgels are closely related with the composition of anionic co-monomer, AAc and crosslinker, N,N′-Methylenebisacrylamide (BIS). As a composition of hydrogels, the higher AAc increases the swelling size of the microgels and the volume phase transition temperature (VPTT), but the higher BIS decreases the size with no apparent effect on the VPTT. When the anionic microgels are complexed with amine-modified magnetic nanoparticles (aMNP) via electrostatic interaction, the microgels decrease in diameter at 25 °C and shift the volume phase transition temperature (VPTT) to a higher temperature. Hysteresis on the thermoresponsive behavior of microgels is also measured to validate the utility of aMNP-microgel complexation. These results suggest a simple, yet valuable route for development of advanced responsive microgels, which hints at the formation of soft nanomaterials enhanced by inorganic nanoparticles.


The Analyst ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 141 (20) ◽  
pp. 5815-5821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaudia Kaniewska ◽  
Agata Kowalczyk ◽  
Marcin Karbarz ◽  
Anna M. Nowicka

A simple biosensing platform which involves the application of thermoresponsive hydrogels for the biochemical recognition of target DNA is presented.


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