Abstract
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels are readily prepared using a wide range of (meth) acrylic monomers due to their ease of polymerisation and their widespread commercial availability. This review focuses on stimuli-responsive hydrogels based on diblock and triblock copolymer architectures, where at least one of the blocks comprises a (meth) acrylic monomer (i.e. acrylates, acrylamides, methacrylates and/or methacrylamides). Particular attention is paid to synthetic aspects, aqueous gelation behaviour as a function of external stimuli and potential biomedical applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Soft Matter |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 592-605 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISSN | 1744-683X |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |