Thermoresponsive polymers hold great potential in the biomedical field, since they enable
the fabrication of cell sheets, in situ drug delivery and 3D-printing under physiological …

Hydrogels are water-absorbing materials with three-dimensional network structures.
Hydrogel actuators have heterogeneous structures and can respond to specific …

Fluorescence spectroscopy on a series of aqueous solutions of poly (acrylic acid) containing
a luminescent label showed that polymers with molar mass, Mn< 16.5 kDa did not exhibit a …

Thermoresponsive polymers have been investigated for a variety of clinical applications
which make use of in situ gelation at physiological temperatures. However, for biomedical …

For two different types of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPA) hydrogels, ie, nanocomposite
type PNIPA hydrogels (NC gel) and conventional chemically cross-linked PNIPA hydrogels …

Smart polymeric‐based devices and surfaces that reversibly alter their physico‐chemical
characteristics in response to their environment are the center of many studies related to the …

Nanocomposite type hydrogels (DMAA-NC gels) consisting of organic (polymer)/inorganic
(clay) networks were prepared by in-situ free-radical polymerization of N, N …

The mechanical properties and structures of nanocomposite gels (NC gels), consisting of
poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPA) and inorganic clay (hectorite), prepared using a wide …

Thermoresponsive gelling materials constructed from natural and synthetic polymers can be
used to provide triggered action and therefore customised products such as drug delivery …

The smart thermoresponsive coatings and surfaces that have been explicitly designed for
cell culture are mostly based on poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAAm). This polymer is …