A NEW CLASS OF HYBRID HYDROGELS

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dc.contributor.advisorRaghavan, Srinivasa Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Neville Justineen_US
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-26T05:32:29Z
dc.date.available2014-06-26T05:32:29Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractHybrid hydrogels are a novel way of combining materials with different properties and retaining their individual functionalities within the same composite gel. Here we attempt to demonstrate how this approach can be used to create hydrogels whose morphologies can be altered depending on external stimuli. First we report the creation of hollow hybrid gels which are similar to the previously created solid hybrid gels but have the advantage of a faster and enhanced response to external stimuli. Two stimuli that we have specifically investigated are temperature and solvent composition. We show how to modify the type and extent of response of the gels, i.e. make them shrink or swell, by changing the composition of the polymer as well as the crosslinker within the gel. Thereafter, we also demonstrate how the responses can be manipulated to change the morphology of the hybrid gel itself.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15435
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledChemical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledNanotechnologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHybriden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHydrogelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMorphologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPolymeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledShape changeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledStimuli responsiveen_US
dc.titleA NEW CLASS OF HYBRID HYDROGELSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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