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dc.contributor.authorZiołkowski, Bartosz
dc.contributor.authorFlorea, Larisa
dc.contributor.authorJannick, Theobald
dc.contributor.authorBenito López, Fernando ORCID
dc.contributor.authorDiamond, Dermot
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T15:11:54Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T15:11:54Z
dc.date.issued2016-02
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Materials Science 51(3) : 1392-1399 (2016)es
dc.identifier.issn0022-2461
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/19067
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/[10.1007/s10853-015-9458-2]es
dc.description.abstract[EN] This study focuses on improving the speed ofactuation of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based photoresponsive gels containing copolymerised spiropyran as the photoswitch and acrylic acid as the proton source. The improvement is realised by introducing pores into the material. For this purpose, polyethylene glycol (PEG) of two molecular weights (2000 and 20000 g mol-1) has been used as the porophore in the polymerisation mixture. Upon removal of the PEG porophore post polymerisation, hydrogels of different pore sizes were obtained. This impacts the diffusion of water molecules moving in/out of the hydrogel matrix, thus improving the swelling and shrinking kinetics of the hydrogel due to reduction of the average diffusion pathlength. Most significant improvement was observed in the reswelling step and is demonstrated with optical microscopy combined with kinetic ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis) analysis. Scanning electron microscopy reveals the PEG-induced pores to be in the range of 0.1–2 lm. Moreover, the mechanical stability of the gels is confirmed with rheometry. Lastly, the presented photoresponsive porous gels exhibit an order of magnitude faster reswelling rate compared to the non-PEG-produced control sample.es
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors acknowledge funding from EU Framework 7 project ‘‘ATWARM’’ (Marie Curie ITN, No. 238273) and Science Foundation Ireland under the Insight initiative, Grant SFI/12/RC/2289. FBL acknowledges the Ramón y Cajal Programme (Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad), Spain and the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under Grant Agreement No. 604241es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherSpringeres
dc.relationeu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/604241es
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.subjectspiropyranes
dc.subjectgeles
dc.subjectswelling kineticses
dc.titlePorous self-protonating spiropyran-based NIPAAm gels with improved reswelling kineticses
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees
dc.rights.holder©Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015es
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-015-9458-2/fulltext.htmles
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10853-015-9458-2
dc.departamentoesQuímica analíticaes_ES
dc.departamentoeuKimika analitikoaes_ES
dc.subject.categoriaENGINEERING, MECHANICAL
dc.subject.categoriaMATERIALS SCIENCE
dc.subject.categoriaMECHANICS OF MATERIALS


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