Tunable swelling and deswelling of temperature- and light-responsive graphene oxide-poly(<i>N</i>-isopropylacrylamide) composite hydrogels
Minghao Li, Jinhye Bae
Abstract
Swelling and deswelling behaviors of graphene oxide-poly(<italic>N</italic>-isopropylacrylamide) composite hydrogels can be tuned by the concentrations of a chemical crosslinker and graphene oxide, and the rate of the external temperature change.
Topics & Concepts
GrapheneSwellingSelf-healing hydrogelsPoly(N-isopropylacrylamide)OxideComposite numberMaterials scienceChemical engineeringLower critical solution temperaturePolymer chemistryComposite materialCopolymerNanotechnologyPolymerMetallurgyEngineeringHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials