We investigated the flow dynamics of microgel capsules in topographically patterned microfluidic devices. For microgels flowing through channel constrictions, or orifices, we observed three phenomena: (i) the effect of confinement, (ii) the role of interactions between the microgels and the channel surface, and (iii) the effect of the velocities of microgels prior to their passage through an or...

Acrylamide (AM) and methacrylic acid (MAA) copolymer microgels were prepared by a reverse suspension polymerization technique. The microgels were used as templates for the preparation of silver-poly(acrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) [Ag-P(AM-co-MAA)] composite microspheres. The surface structures of the microspheres prepared in this way are characterized by zigzag-like structures. It was found th...

Thiswork highlights the laser-based aqueous synthesis and processing of nanocomposites, composed of zinc or iron nanoparticles embedded in a N-Vinylcaprolactam microgel matrix, with potential applicability as ion releasing fiber pads forwound healing. An in situ laser process formicrogel synthesis is developed and optimized for high embedded nanoparticle yields, evaluating influences of laser r...

Self-exploding microparticles show potential for advanced delivery of certain therapeutics. This study evaluates (1) whether degrading biodegradable dextran hydroxyethyl methacrylate (dex-HEMA) microgels can be coated by a lipid membrane and (2) whether the surrounding membrane can be ruptured by the increasing swelling pressure of the degrading microgel. We found that adsorption of charged lip...

Microgels are colloidally stable, hydrogel microparticles that have previously been used in a range of (soft) material applications due to their tunable mechanical and chemical properties. Most commonly, thermo and pH-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) microgels can be fabricated by precipitation polymerization in the presence of the co-monomer acrylic acid (AAc). Traditionally pNI...

Electrospinning is applied to create continuous fibers with nanometer diameters through jetting polymer solutions in high electric fields. A drawback of this method, however, is the unstable behavior of the liquid jet, which causes the fibers to be collected randomly. So a critical concern in this process is to achieve desirable control. Studying the dynamics of the electrospinning jet will be ...

Electrospinning is a unique way to producing novel polymer nano fibres with diameter typically in the range from 10 nm to 1500nm. Large length to diameter ratio and small mass to volume ratio of these nanosizes fibres widens the areas of their application to many industrial uses. Nylon 6 nanofibres with diameter ranging from 150nm to 1300 nm were produced by the electrospinning process. The fib...

A novel approach to build porous cell-laden hydrogels through the self-assembly of coiled-coil polypeptides on the surface of physical microgels was developed. Both the extracellular microenvironments of pores and physical microgels within assembled constructs could be tailored simultaneously by tuning the polypeptide and morphological features of microgels.

as part of our ongoing interest in exploring the synthesis of antibacterial agent, we report an efficient, mild, one pot and chemoselective procedure for preparation of 3-poly (vinylbenzyl)-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione as a antimicrobial agent from poly(vinylbenzyl chloride) and 5,5-dimethylhydantoin in the presence of a base in dmf as a solven. the ft-ir technique and melting point conf...

An electrospinning process is a multi-phase and multi-physicical process with flow, electric and magnetic fields coupled together. This paper deals with establishing a multi-phase model for numerical study and explains how to prepare for nanofibers and nanoporous materials. The model provides with a powerful tool to controlling over electrospinning parameters such as voltage, flow rate, and oth...