Poly(ionic Liquid) Thermo-responsive Hydrogel Microfluidic Actuators
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 247 : 749-755 (2017)
Abstract
tributylhexyl phosphonium sulfopropylacrylate (PSPA) poly(ionic liquid) (PILc) hydrogels as temperature controlled actuators in microfluidic devices. The hydrogel size is modulated by localised changes in its temperature due to the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behaviour exhibited by PSPA.