Issue 50, 2018

A catalyst-free, temperature controlled gelation system for in-mold fabrication of microgels

Abstract

Anisometric microgels are prepared via thermal crosslinking using an in-mold polymerization technique. Star-shaped poly(ethylene oxide-stat-propylene oxide) polymers, end-modified with amine and epoxy groups, form hydrogels, of which the mechanical properties and gelation rate can be adjusted by the temperature, duration of heating, and polymer concentration. Depending on the microgel stiffness, the rod-shaped microgels self-assemble into ordered or disordered structures.

Graphical abstract: A catalyst-free, temperature controlled gelation system for in-mold fabrication of microgels

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 mar 2018
Accepted
30 may 2018
First published
01 iyn 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 6943-6946

A catalyst-free, temperature controlled gelation system for in-mold fabrication of microgels

A. J. D. Krüger, J. Köhler, S. Cichosz, J. C. Rose, D. B. Gehlen, T. Haraszti, M. Möller and L. De Laporte, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 6943 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02478B

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications, without requesting further permission from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given and it is not used for commercial purposes.

To request permission to reproduce material from this article in a commercial publication, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party commercial publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements