Title
Reversibly switchable pH- and thermoresponsive core-shell nanogels based on poly(NiPAAm)-graft-poly(2-carboxyethyl-2-oxazoline)s
Date Issued
27 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Zschoche S.
Binner M.
Komber H.
Janke A.
Arndt K.
Lehmann S.
Voit B.
Abstract
Amphiphilic graft copolymers with a thermosensitive PNiPAAm backbone and pH-sensitive hydrophilic poly(2-carboxyethyl-2-oxazoline) graft chains are synthesized. In aqueous solution, stable micelle-like aggregates are formed by increasing the temperature in the pH range 4.5-5.5. The micelles are crosslinked by electron-beam irradiation, yielding stable core-shell nanogels of about 100 nm diameter with reversible thermo- and pH-dependent swelling behavior. The temperature sensitivity is provided by a conformational change in the PNiPAAm core, whereas the thickness of the poly(2-carboxyethyl-2- oxazoline) corona depends on pH. The reversible bisensitivity of core-crosslinked nanogels is verified by DLS, while AFM measurements demonstrate the predicted core-shell structures of the aggregates. Stable micelles formed from graft copolymers with a thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) backbone and pH-sensitive hydrophilic poly(2- carboxyethyl-2-oxazoline) graft chains are successfully crosslinked by electron-beam irradiation, yielding bisensitive core-shell-type nanogels with reversible thermo- and pH-dependent swelling behavior addressed independently within the core and shell structure. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Start page
215
End page
226
Volume
213
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica) Tecnologías que implican la manipulación de células, tejidos, órganos o todo el organismo
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84856019863
Source
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
ISSN of the container
10221352
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