Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (8): 1309.

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Synthesis and Properties of Fast Responsive, Temperature Sensitive P(NIPA-co- AA) Hydrogel

ZHANG Xian-Zheng, ZHUO Ren-Xi    

  1. Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:1999-04-09 Online:2000-08-24 Published:2000-08-24

Abstract: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide)[P(NIPA-co-AA)] hydrogels were synthesized by carrying out the polymerization at 48 ℃. These hydrogels show large equilibrated swelling ratio(SR) at the temperature below their lower critical solution temperature(LCST) or phase transition temperature(Ttr). The LCSTof the gels is increased as the content of the hydrophilic monomer (AA) is increased. Based on our experimental results, these hydrogels exhibit a fast responsive rate to the external temperature changes. The endowed properties of these hydrogels may be useful in biotechnological and biomedical fields.

Key words: Temperature sensitive, NIPA, LCST, Hydrogel

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