Issue 13, 2013

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels cross-linked by magnetic nanoparticles

Abstract

Embedding magnetic nanoparticles into soft host media offers the opportunity to externally control material properties via a magnetic field. Choosing a hydrogel as the host medium allows modification of not only the elastic properties, but also the degree of swelling of the gel and the shape changes of the sample. Hydrogels where magnetic nanoparticles serve as the only crosslinking reagent of the network are a promising new class of such stimuli-responsive gels. The well-defined magneto-mechanical coupling present in these materials should allow for a better understanding and optimization of field-induced changes.

Graphical abstract: Stimuli-responsive hydrogels cross-linked by magnetic nanoparticles

Article information

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Submitted
07 Dec 2012
Accepted
30 Jan 2013
First published
19 Feb 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 3465-3468

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels cross-linked by magnetic nanoparticles

P. Ilg, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 3465 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM27809C

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