NIR-responsive metal-containing polymer hydrogel for light-controlled microvalve
Xusheng Lin, Weiwei Xie, Lin Qin, Yuanting Cai, Yuhui Hua, Jianfeng Lin, Guomei He, Jiangxi Chen
Abstract
NIR-responsive metal-containing polymer hydrogel was prepared <italic>via</italic> the radical copolymerization of <italic>N</italic>-isopropylacrylamide and an osmium aromatic complex. It has excellent photothermal property and can be used as a light-controlled microvalve.
Topics & Concepts
OsmiumCopolymerPolymerPhotothermal therapyMetalMaterials scienceChemical engineeringPolymer chemistryChemistryNanotechnologyComposite materialOrganic chemistryCatalysisRutheniumEngineeringAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsDendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers