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Thermoresponsive microhydrogels: preparation, properties and applications
Author(s) -
Kawaguchi Haruma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.4675
Subject(s) - polymer , materials science , polymer science , nanotechnology , acrylamide , cellulose , soft matter , ionic strength , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , aqueous solution , colloid , engineering , copolymer
The dispersion stability of PNIPAM microhydrogels is controlled by temperature and salt concentration (A). PNIPAM microgels formed a 2‐D colloidal crystal (B) and emitted structural color (C) Cells are happy on a PNIPAM gel sheet althrough damaged by a rigid PSt particle sheet (D).