title: Carbon nanotube-coated macroporous poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel and its electrosensitivity.
abstract: A facile method of fabricating novel CNT-coated macroporous PNIPAAm hydrogel composite was proposed. The method was based on the deposition of a dense and compact CNT layer on the pore walls of the preformed macroporous PNIPAAm hydrogel scaffold. The resulted hydrogel composite exhibited an electric current sensitivity resulting from electro-thermal conversion. When an external electric current was applied, this hydrogel composite could be electrically heated and then showed a thermally induced shrink.
authors.forename: Jingjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lianfang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D000180:Acrylic Resins; D004560:Electricity; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D000180:Acrylic Resins; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers; C052970:poly-N-isopropylacrylamide; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate