title: Simple conditions for large morphological variations in thermoresponsive biopolymeric microstructures.
abstract: Thermoresponsive biopolymeric microstructures are prepared by exploiting the thermal phase transitions of emulsified elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs). ELP microbeads prepared below the transition temperature (Tt) have positively thermoresponsive pores. ELP microcapsules prepared above Tt have negatively thermoresponsive pores. Interestingly, the ELP microcapsules prepared at the temperature of the transition state displayed bidirectional thermoresponsive behavior.
authors: Department of Biosystems and Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. jhyun@snu.ac.kr.
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Cheng
authors: Minsung
authors: M
authors: Park
authors: Jinho
authors: J
authors: Hyun
mesh_terms: D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry; D004549:Elastin; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010455:Peptides; D012235:Rhodamines; D004549:Elastin; C029773:rhodamine B