Preparation and Characterization of Fast Response Macroporous Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels

• Published in: Langmuir Vol. 17; no. 20; pp. 6094 - 6099
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xian-Zheng, Yang, Yi-Yan, Chung, Tai-Shung, Ma, Kui-Xiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 02.10.2001

Macroporous temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels have been successfully synthesized by using poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as the pore-forming agent. Scanning electron microscope graphs reveal that the macroporous network structure of the hydrogels can be adjusted by a...