Temperature sensitive hydrogels cross-linked by magnetic LAPONITE® RD®: effects of particle magnetization

Swelling enhanced remanent magnetization of hydrogels cross-linked with magnetic nanoparticles.

Hydrogels that are pH-sensitive and partially cross-linked by cobalt ferrite nanoparticles exhibit remarkable remanent magnetization behavior. The magnetic fields measured outside our thin disks of ferrogel are weak, but in the steady state, the field dependence on the magnetic content of the gels and the measurement geometry is as expected from theory. In contrast, the time-dependent behavior ...

Mechanically Tough Pluronic F127/Laponite Nanocomposite Hydrogels from Covalently and Physically Cross-Linked Networks

Micropumps operated by swelling and shrinking of temperature-sensitive hydrogels.

This paper describes two types of polymeric micropumps based on the temperature-sensitive hydrogel poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). The gel actuators are realised as photopolymerised patterns and microgels. They are electrothermically controlled by resistive heating elements. The diffusion-based micropump contains a photopatterned monolithic actuator, which is placed within the pump chamber, and pr...

Frontal polymerization synthesis of temperature-sensitive hydrogels.

The study of hydrogels and their response to external environment is of special interest because of their potential as drug delivery systems,1,2 actuators,3 and separation devices.4,5 Temperature-sensitive hydrogels undergo a reversible swellingdeswelling transition with a small change of temperature near the phase transition point.6 A frequently studied thermosensitive hydrogel is based on sol...

numerical analysis of temperature-sensitive hydrogels for controlled drug release

today hydrogels are considered as the materials that are able to play important role in drug delivery systems. to design an effective hydrogel applicable network, mathematical modeling has a critical role. a successful drug delivery device relies not only on intelligent network design but also on accurate prior mathematical modeling of drug release profiles. in this study, the modeling of the i...