Thermo-responsive and antifouling PVDF nanocomposited membranes based on PNIPAAm modified TiO2 nanoparticles

Swelling and Shrinking Properties of Thermo-Responsive Polymeric Ionic Liquid Hydrogels with Embedded Linear pNIPAAM

In this study, varying concentrations of linear pNIPAAM have been incorporated for the first time into a thermo-responsive polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) hydrogel, namely tributyl-hexyl phosphonium 3-sulfopropylacrylate (P-SPA), to produce semi-interpenetrating polymer networks. The thermal properties of the resulting hydrogels have been investigated along with their thermo-induced shrinking and ...

A THERMO-RESPONSIVE PNIPAAm-GRAFTED-PDMS SURFACE USED FOR CELL CULTURE IN MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS

A thermo-responsive PNIPAAm-grafted-PDMS (PNIPAAm-g-PDMS) surface was used for cell culture. Cos7 cells could adhere to the PNIPAAm-g-PDMS surface and proliferated therein at 37 C. The cultured cells could detach from the surface at room temperature without trypsin digestion. The viability of cells harvested from the PNIPAAm-g-PDMS surface via lowering temperature was higher than that of cells ...

Fabrication of Thermo-responsive Membranes and Application Fabrication of Paper Based Thermo-responsive Membranes and Investigation for Their Use in Adsorption of Emerging Water Contaminants

Heterogeneous Functionalization of Polyethersulfone: A New Approach for pH-Responsive Microfiltration Membranes with Enhanced Antifouling Properties

In this work, 2,2’-azo-bis-butyronitrile (AIBN) was exploited as an initiator for the successful bulk heterogeneous functionalization of polyethersulfone (PES) using polymethacrylic acid (PMAA), for the first time. To this end, pH-responsive and exceptionally low fouling membranes of extremely low grafting degrees with low adhesion and high rejection of protein were fabricated. An added advanta...

Thermo-responsive white-light emission based on tetraphenylethylene- and rhodamine B-containing boronate nanoparticles.

Boronate nanoparticles with built-in tetraphenylethylene (TPE) have been prepared. Their emissive color tuning by altering the amount of rhodamine B grafted onto the surface gave white-light emissive nanoparticles. They showed reversible and thermo-responsive emission in the temperature range of 5-65 °C in water, which enabled them to serve as a bright nanothermometer.