Bioreducible nanogels/microgels easily prepared via temperature induced self-assembly and self-crosslinking

Zhi-Qiang Yu; Jiao-Tong Sun; Cai-Yuan Pan; Chun-Yan Hong

doi:10.1039/c2cc30908d

Bioreducible nanogels/microgels easily prepared via temperature induced self-assembly and self-crosslinking

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jun 7;48(45):5623-5. doi: 10.1039/c2cc30908d. Epub 2012 Apr 24.

Authors

Zhi-Qiang Yu¹, Jiao-Tong Sun, Cai-Yuan Pan, Chun-Yan Hong

Affiliation

¹ CAS Key Lab of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, PR China.

PMID: 22531155
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30908d

Abstract

A facile temperature induced self-assembly and self-crosslinking method has been developed for preparing bioreducible nanogels/microgels without need of any stabilizer, catalyst or additional crosslinking agent. The size of formed nanogels/microgels can be easily tuned via the polymer concentration.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disulfides / chemistry*
Gels / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Oxidation-Reduction
Polyamines / chemistry*
Polymerization
Temperature

Substances

Disulfides
Gels
Poly(amidoamine)
Polyamines