A thermo-responsive hydrogel for body temperature-induced spontaneous information decryption and self-encryption
Tingying Zhang1, Wei Wang1,2, Xiaojie Ju1,2
1School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, China. xierui@scu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel, exhibiting an interesting phenomenon of an opaque-transparent-opaque transition in the successive processes of heating and cooling, is reported. It is fabricated by means of both the porogenic effect of hydroxypropyl cellulose and the cononsolvency effect of PNIPAM in a mixed solvent of dimethyl sulfoxide and water. After being mildly triggered by body temperature, the hydrogel is used to spontaneously decrypt the quick response code within 4 min and then autonomously encrypts the code again within 10 min at room temperature. The mechanism for the transient transparency of hydrogels during the quenching process has been elucidated.
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