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Macromol Rapid Commun. 2010 Jun 16;31(12):1095-100. doi: 10.1002/marc.201000015. Epub 2010 May 17.

Ultrafast Responsive Poly- (N-isopropylacrylamide) Gel Produced by Cryostructuring of Self-crosslinkable Polymer Microgels.

Macromolecular rapid communications

Harald Kirsebom, Bo Mattiasson, Igor Yu Galaev

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden. [email protected].

PMID: 21590861 DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000015

Abstract

A macroporous material composed of closely aggregated particles was prepared by cryo-structuration of N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-hydroxymethylacrylamide (NIPA-co-HMAm) particle suspensions. The formed structure was maintained by the formation of covalent bonds through self-crosslinking between the particles while the system was in a semi-frozen state thus avoiding the need to freeze-dry the sample. This resulted in macroporous structure composed of closely aggregated thermoresponsive particles which exhibit an ultrafast temperature response. The response rate can be attributed both to the macroporous structure as well as the fast responsive properties of the individual particles.

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