Issue 21, 2010
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Soft Matter

Hybrid, elastomeric hydrogels crosslinked by multifunctional block copolymer micelles†

Longxi Xiao,‡a   Chao Liu,‡a   Jiahua Zhu,a   Darrin J. Pochana  and  Xinqiao Jia*a  

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a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware, 201 DuPont Hall, Newark, DE, USA
E-mail: xjia@udel.edu
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Abstract

Amphiphilic block copolymers consisting of hydrophilic, poly(acrylic acid) randomly decorated with acrylate groups and hydrophobic, rubbery poly(n-butyl acrylate) self-assembled into well-defined micelles with an average diameter of ∼21 nm. Radical polymerization of acrylamide in the presence of the crosslinkable micelles gave rise to hybrid, elastomeric hydrogels whose mechanical properties can be readily tuned by varying the BCM concentration.

Graphical abstract: Hybrid, elastomeric hydrogels crosslinked by multifunctional block copolymer micelles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SM00511H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jun 2010
Accepted
14 Aug 2010
First published
09 Sep 2010

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 5293-5297

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Hybrid, elastomeric hydrogels crosslinked by multifunctional block copolymer micelles

L. Xiao, C. Liu, J. Zhu, D. J. Pochan and X. Jia, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 5293 DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00511H

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