Tuning the Gelation of Thermoresponsive Gels
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Author(s)
Constantinou, A
Georgiou
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Thermoresponsive gels are exciting polymeric materials with many biomedical applications
in medical devices, drug delivery, tissue engineering and bio-printing. Also, they have great
potential to be used in 3-D printing and thus in the fabrication of many different devices and
materials. As it is crucial for the application of these gels to be able to control and tailor the
gelation temperature and concentration this was the main focus and point of discussion of this
feature article. Thus, it is discussed in detail how by varying the molar mass, composition,
stereochemistry and architecture the thermoresponsive properties of these gels are altered.
in medical devices, drug delivery, tissue engineering and bio-printing. Also, they have great
potential to be used in 3-D printing and thus in the fabrication of many different devices and
materials. As it is crucial for the application of these gels to be able to control and tailor the
gelation temperature and concentration this was the main focus and point of discussion of this
feature article. Thus, it is discussed in detail how by varying the molar mass, composition,
stereochemistry and architecture the thermoresponsive properties of these gels are altered.
Date Issued
2016-02-17
Date Acceptance
2016-02-17
Citation
European Polymer Journal, 2016, 78, pp.366-375
ISSN
1873-1945
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
366
End Page
375
Journal / Book Title
European Polymer Journal
Volume
78
Copyright Statement
© 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Polymers
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry
0904 Chemical Engineering
0912 Materials Engineering
Publication Status
Published