Thermosensitive PNIPAAm cryogel with superfast and stable oscillatory properties.
Through copolymerization/crosslinking in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at temperature below the melting point of DMSO, we demonstrated a novel poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogel with regularly oriented micromatrix; the superfast/stable oscillatory hydration-dehydration character of this hydrogel would find wide applications in biomedical field.
Zhang
Xian-Zheng
XZ
Department of Textiles and Apparel & Biomedical Engineering Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4401, USA.
Chu
Chih-Chang
CC