dc.contributor.author | Fuciños, Clara | |
dc.contributor.author | Fuciños, Pablo | |
dc.contributor.author | Míguez, Martín | |
dc.contributor.author | Katime Amashta, Issa Antonio | |
dc.contributor.author | Pastrana, Lorenzo M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rúa, María L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-25T16:02:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-25T16:02:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-02-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | PLOS ONE 9(2) : (2014) // Article ID e87190 | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/17424 | |
dc.description.abstract | Temperature-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) nanohydrogels were synthesized by nanoemulsion polymerization in water-in-oil systems. Several cross-linking degrees and the incorporation of acrylic acid as comonomer at different concentrations were tested to produce nanohydrogels with a wide range of properties. The physicochemical properties of PNIPA nanohydrogels, and their relationship with the swelling-collapse behaviour, were studied to evaluate the suitability of PNIPA nanoparticles as smart delivery systems (for active packaging). The swelling-collapse transition was analyzed by the change in the optical properties of PNIPA nanohydrogels using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. The thermodynamic parameters associated with the nanohydrogels collapse were calculated using a mathematical approach based on the van't Hoff analysis, assuming a two-state equilibrium (swollen to collapsed). A mathematical model is proposed to predict both the thermally induced collapse, and the collapse induced by the simultaneous action of two factors (temperature and pH, or temperature and organic solvent concentration). Finally, van't Hoff analysis was compared with differential scanning calorimetry. The results obtained allow us to solve the problem of determining the molecular weight of the structural repeating unit in cross-linked NIPA polymers, which, as we show, can be estimated from the ratio of the molar heat capacity (obtained from the van't Hoff analysis) to the specific heat capacity (obtained from calorimetric measurements). | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was funded by grant (MAT 2006-11662-CO3-CO2-C01/MAT 2010-21509-C03-01/EUI 2008-00115) from the "Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia'' (Spain). Clara Fucinos was funded by a predoctoral scholarship from University of Vigo (Spain). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Public Library Science | es |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC/MAT2006-11662 | |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC/MAT2010-21509-C03-01 | |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC/EUI2008-00115 | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.subject | poly n-isopropylacrydamide | es |
dc.subject | controled-drug-delivery | es |
dc.subject | volume phase-transition | es |
dc.subject | controlled-release | es |
dc.subject | antimicrobial activity | es |
dc.subject | microgel particles | es |
dc.subject | potassium sorbate | es |
dc.subject | heat-capacity | es |
dc.subject | copolymers | es |
dc.subject | hydrogels | es |
dc.title | Temperature-and pH-Sensitive Nanohydrogels of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) for Food Packaging Applications: Modelling the Swelling-Collapse Behaviour | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dc.rights.holder | 2014 Fuciños et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087190#abstract0 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0087190 | |
dc.departamentoes | Química física | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Kimika fisikoa | es_ES |
dc.subject.categoria | AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
dc.subject.categoria | MEDICINE | |
dc.subject.categoria | BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | |