Issue 29, 2011

Shape switching of hollow layer-by-layer hydrogel microcontainers

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.

Graphical abstract: Shape switching of hollow layer-by-layer hydrogel microcontainers

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 May 2011
Accepted
06 Jun 2011
First published
21 Jun 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8352-8354

Shape switching of hollow layer-by-layer hydrogel microcontainers

V. Kozlovskaya, W. Higgins, J. Chen and E. Kharlampieva, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8352 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12960K

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