CO 2-responsive gels

RD Jansen-van Vuuren, S Naficy… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
CO2-responsive materials undergo a change in chemical or physical properties in response
to the introduction or removal of CO2. The use of CO2 as a stimulus is advantageous as it is …

Fluorescence-readout as a powerful macromolecular characterisation tool

X Wu, C Barner-Kowollik - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The last few decades have witnessed significant progress in synthetic macromolecular
chemistry, which can provide access to diverse macromolecules with varying structural …

Swift Janitor: Efficient Absorption of a Minor Component from the Mixtures of Immiscible Liquids by Thermoresponsive Macroscopic and Microscopic Hydrogels

EY Kozhunova, GA Komarova… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer hydrogels are known to be efficient absorbents of various aqueous solutions. Along
with the hydrophilicity of the polymer network, the presence of specific functional groups is …

Antiseptic materials on the base of polymer interpenetrating networks microgels and benzalkonium chloride

EY Kozhunova, GA Komarova… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymer microgels, including those based on interpenetrating networks (IPNs), are currently
vastly studied, and their practical applications are a matter of thriving research. In this work …

Double dynamic hydrogels formed by wormlike surfactant micelles and cross-linked polymer

AV Shibaev, AI Kuklin, VN Torocheshnikov… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Interpenetrating networks consisting of a polymer network with dynamic cross-
links and a supramolecular network allow obtaining hydrogels with significantly enhanced …

Concentration and temperature dependent interactions and state diagram of dispersions of copolymer microgels

J Ruiz-Franco, R Rivas-Barbosa, MA Lara-Peña… - Soft matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate by means of small angle neutron scattering experiments and numerical
simulations the interactions and inter-particle arrangements of concentrated dispersions of …

Photoresponsive Double Cross‐Linked Supramolecular Hydrogels Based on A‐Cyclodextrin/Azobenzene Host–Guest Complex

N Liubimtsev, Z Zagradska‐Paromova… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Smart hydrogels are interesting materials as they can change their dimensions upon an
external trigger. Herein, a photoresponsive double cross‐linked hydrogel system based on …

Emulsion Stabilized by Biocompatible and Stimuli-Responsive Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-Based Microgels: Effects of Electrostatic Repulsion and Deformability on …

S Tan, X Xu, T Zhang, M Li, X Liu, PM Claesson… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Microgels have been widely used for stabilizing emulsions due to their softness and stimulus
responsiveness. Although ultrastable emulsions have been prepared by microgel …

Synthesis of magneto-controllable polymer nanocarrier based on poly (n-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) for doxorubicin immobilization

VS Kusaia, EY Kozhunova, DA Stepanova… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, the preparation procedure and properties of anionic magnetic microgels loaded
with antitumor drug doxorubicin are described. The functional microgels were produced via …

Structural heterogeneity effects on microgel deswelling and interfacial properties: An extensive computational study

X Song, S Wang, X Duan, H Liu, S Chen, T Long… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their structural heterogeneity, solvent-swollen microgels are endowed with a variety
of useful properties and important applications. However, a comprehensive understanding …