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Thermoresponsive Gels.

M Joan Taylor¹, Paul Tomlins², Tarsem S Sahota³

¹INsmart group, School of Pharmacy Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK. mjt@dmu.ac.uk.

Gels (Basel, Switzerland)

|March 29, 2019

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Thermoresponsive polymers form gels with tunable properties for applications in drug delivery and regenerative medicine. Advanced synthesis methods enable complex responses for sophisticated material design.

Keywords:

LCST UCST drug delivery hydrogel micelle multi-stimulus organogel thermoresponsive

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Area of Science:

Polymer Science
Materials Science
Biomaterials Engineering

Background:

Thermoresponsive polymers exhibit temperature-dependent gelling behavior, crucial for triggered applications.
Natural and synthetic polymers form gels with viscosity changes based on coil-to-globule transitions or aggregation.
Covalent crosslinking and dynamic covalent bonding introduce complexity and functionality like self-healing.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the diverse responses of thermoresponsive gelling materials to temperature changes.
To highlight the role of advanced synthesis techniques in creating novel gelling systems.
To investigate the potential of these materials in advanced applications like drug delivery and regenerative medicine.

Main Methods:

Utilizing Reversible Addition Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) and Atomic Transfer Radical Polymerisation (ATRP) for polymer synthesis.
Investigating polymer self-assembly into micelle systems capable of gelation.
Analyzing the influence of hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance, pH-sensitivity, and thermochromic responses on material behavior.

Main Results:

Materials exhibit Arrhenius-type viscosity changes or counterintuitive responses due to enthalpic/entropic drivers.
Upper and lower critical solution temperatures (UCST/LCST) dictate gel volume and swelling behavior.
Dynamic covalent bonding enables shape-molding and self-healing properties in gels.
Tuned polymer architectures allow for coupled mechanisms, including pH-sensitivity and thermochromism.

Conclusions:

Thermoresponsive gelling materials offer versatile platforms for triggered actions and customized products.
Advanced synthesis methods provide access to a vast array of materials with tunable properties.
Coupled stimuli-responsive mechanisms hold significant potential for sophisticated applications, particularly in targeted drug delivery at the cellular level.