pH-Responsive polymers

G Kocak, C Tuncer, V Bütün - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide an analysis of some of the recent literature reports on the
synthesis and applications of pH-responsive polymers. Depending on the solution pH, such …

Design, preparation, and characterization of lubricating polymer brushes for biomedical applications

X Song, J Man, Y Qiu, J Wang, J Liu, R Li, Y Zhang… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The lubrication modification of biomedical devices significantly enhances the functionality of
implanted interventional medical devices, thereby providing additional benefits for patients …

Polyampholyte hydrogels with pH modulated shape memory and spontaneous actuation

Y Zhang, J Liao, T Wang, W Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polyampholyte hydrogels are synthesized by one‐step copolymerization of cationic
monomer 3‐(methacryloylamino) propyltrimethylammonium chloride, anionic monomers …

External‐field‐induced gradient wetting for controllable liquid transport: from movement on the surface to penetration into the surface

Y Li, L He, X Zhang, N Zhang, D Tian - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
External‐field‐responsive liquid transport has received extensive research interest owing to
its important applications in microfluidic devices, biological medical, liquid printing …

A universal coating strategy for controllable functionalized polymer surfaces

S Mao, D Zhang, Y Zhang, J Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of a universal and stable surface coating, irrespective of surface
chemistry or material characteristics, is highly desirable but has proved to be extremely …

Hydrophilic and Apolar Hydration in Densely Grafted Cationic Brushes and Counterions with Large Mobilities

R Ishraaq, TS Akash, A Bera, S Das - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We employ an all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulation framework to unravel water
microstructure and ion properties for cationic [poly (2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl) …

Counterion-mediated hydrogen bonding making poly (styrenesulfonate)-based strong polyelectrolytes pH-responsive

Y Huang, X Zheng, S Ye, Z Hua… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Owing to the well-established fact that poly (styrenesulfonate)(PSS)-based strong
polyelectrolytes are pH insensitive, their applications in smart materials have thus been …

Robust natural biomaterial based flexible artificial skin sensor with high transparency and multiple signals capture

M Zhu, HY Yu, F Tang, Y Li, Y Liu, J Yao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The human skin tissues were full of elastic collagen networks to keep water, mechanical
strength and capture tactile signals. Learn from this, it is highly desired to use natural …

Determination of protein conformation and orientation at buried solid/liquid interfaces

W Guo, T Lu, R Crisci, S Nagao, T Wei, Z Chen - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein structures at solid/liquid interfaces mediate interfacial protein functions, which are
important for many applications. It is difficult to probe interfacial protein structures at buried …

Crystalline hydrogen bonding of water molecules confined in a metal-organic framework

J Bae, SH Park, D Moon, NC Jeong - Communications Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) of water molecules confined in nanopores is of particular
interest because it is expected to exhibit chemical features different from bulk water …