Template-guided synthesis and individual characterization of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based microgels.
We have succeeded in making cylindrical PNIPA-based microgels by a novel strategy in which template-guided synthesis and photochemical polymerization were combined. Cylindrical PNIPA-based microgels of relatively uniform sizes were easily obtained corresponding to the pore size of the template PC membranes. We have also individually characterized our PNIPA-based microgels by a laser trapping/Raman spectroscopy technique. On the basis of these results, the individual microscopic objects were confirmed to be PNIPA-based microgels.
Yan
Hu
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Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
Nishino
Masayuki
M
Tsuboi
Yasuyuki
Y
Kitamura
Noboru
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Tsujii
Kaoru
K