Reversible water uptake/release by thermoresponsive polyelectrolyte hydrogels derived from ionic liquids

Yuki Deguchi; Yuki Kohno; Hiroyuki Ohno

doi:10.1039/c5cc02189h

Reversible water uptake/release by thermoresponsive polyelectrolyte hydrogels derived from ionic liquids

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jun 7;51(45):9287-90. doi: 10.1039/c5cc02189h.

Authors

Yuki Deguchi¹, Yuki Kohno, Hiroyuki Ohno

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp.

PMID: 25940344
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc02189h

Abstract

Thermoresponsive polyelectrolyte hydrogels, derived from tetra-n-alkylphosphonium 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate-type ionic liquid monomers, show reversible water uptake/release, in which the gels absorb/desorb water for at least ten cycles via a lower critical solution temperature-type phase transition.