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Area of Science:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Biomaterials

Background:

  • Thermoresponsive hydrogel nanoparticles offer tunable properties for various applications.
  • Disulfide cross-linkers enable controlled degradation but can be unstable during synthesis.
  • Previous methods faced challenges with side reactions and network instability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a stable synthesis method for thermoresponsive hydrogel nanoparticles using disulfide cross-linkers.
  • To investigate the degradation behavior of redox-initiated versus thermally-initiated particles.
  • To explore the utility of co-cross-linked microgels with pendant thiol groups.

Main Methods:

  • Aqueous precipitation polymerization using a redox-initiated system with poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide) (pNIPMAm) and N,N -bis(acryloyl)cystamine (BAC).
  • Comparison of redox-initiated versus thermally-initiated polymerization methods.
  • Synthesis of co-cross-linked pNIPMAm-BAC-BIS microgels.
  • Assessment of particle erosion under reducing conditions and thiol competition.

Main Results:

  • Redox-initiated polymerization yielded stable disulfide bonds in pNIPMAm nanoparticles, unlike thermally-initiated methods prone to side reactions.
  • The resultant nanoparticles showed complete erosion in response to reducing agents or thiol presence.
  • Co-cross-linked pNIPMAm-BAC-BIS microgels exhibited redox-responsiveness and presented reactive thiols.
  • Pendant thiols facilitated conjugation of probes and reversible network formation.

Conclusions:

  • Redox-initiated polymerization provides a robust route to stable, degradable disulfide-cross-linked hydrogel nanoparticles.
  • These nanoparticles offer controlled erosion and versatile functionalization via pendant thiols.
  • The developed materials hold promise for applications requiring responsive and conjugatable hydrogels.