Peculiar nanocomposite hydrogel with controllable multiple thermosensitivity: double phase transition and ternary stable states.
A novel nanocomposite hydrogel with controllable multiple thermosensitivity has been synthesized by introducing poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) into clay/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) nanocomposite hydrogel, which exhibits double thermosensitive phase transition: a UCST and a LCST spontaneously.
Liu
Yang
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State Key Lab for Modification of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, PR China.
Liu
Xiaoli
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Wu
Yongtao
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Sun
Bin
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Zhu
Meifang
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Takafuji
Makoto
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Ihara
Hirotaka
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