Modular Synthesis of Thermosensitive P(NIPAAm-co-HEMA)/β-CD Based Hydrogels via Click Chemistry
✍ Scribed by Xiao-Ding Xu; Chang-Sheng Chen; Bo Lu; Zong-Chun Wang; Si-Xue Cheng; Xian-Zheng Zhang; Ren-Xi Zhuo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 524 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Two kinds of representative polymers, poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) and β‐cyclodextrin (β‐CD) were selected and modified with azide and alkyne fucntional groups, respectively. When the solutions of these two modified polymers were mixed together, a cross‐linking reaction, a type of Huisgen's 1,3‐dipolar azide‐alkyne cycloaddition, occurred in the presence of Cu(I) catalyst. The strategy described here provides several advantages for the hydrogel formation including mild reaction conditions and controllable gelation rate. The resulted hydrogels were studied in terms of scanning electric microscopy (SEM), equilibrium swelling ratio and swelling/shrinking kinetics. The data obtained demonstrated the hydrogels had a porous structure as well as favorable thermosensitivity.
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