Shape switching of hollow layer-by-layer hydrogel microcontainers

Veronika Kozlovskaya; William Higgins; Jun Chen; Eugenia Kharlampieva

doi:10.1039/c1cc12960k

Shape switching of hollow layer-by-layer hydrogel microcontainers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Aug 7;47(29):8352-4. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12960k. Epub 2011 Jun 21.

Authors

Veronika Kozlovskaya¹, William Higgins, Jun Chen, Eugenia Kharlampieva

Affiliation

¹ University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Chemistry, 901 14th Street South CHEM291, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Abstract

We present a novel type of ultrathin hydrogel microcapsules with pH-triggered shape switch. The capsules are produced as hollow hydrogel replicas of cubical inorganic templates and capable of keeping cubical geometries at neutral pH but transform into bulged structures at basic pH.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Edetic Acid / chemistry
Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / chemistry*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Polymethacrylic Acids / chemistry

Substances

Polymethacrylic Acids
polymethacrylic acid
Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
Edetic Acid

Abstract

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MeSH terms

Substances

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