Thermoresponsive microgel-based materials.
With the continued development of thermoresponsive colloidal hydrogel particles, a number of groups have begun to exploit their properties to create dynamic materials self-assembled from those components. The fundamental details of how those building blocks are assembled, the component functionality, and the geometry or length-scales present in the assemblies contribute to the behavior of the resultant material. In this tutorial review, we examine recent progress in the assembly of responsive hydrogel colloids in two and three dimensions, highlighting their potential applications, especially in the domain of biotechnology.
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA. lyon@gatech.edu
L Andrew
LA
Lyon
Zhiyong
Z
Meng
Neetu
N
Singh
Courtney D
CD
Sorrell
Ashlee
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St John
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
D020100:Hydrogels