2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Preparation of Anisotropic Hydrogel Particles
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24655206
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Polymer/Textile materials
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| Research Institution | Shinshu University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 高分子微粒子 / 非等方性 / ゲル / 刺激応答性 / 異種ゲル微粒子混合 / 凝集体 |
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| Research Abstract |
We report on the preparation of anisotropic hydrogel particles. The hydrogel particles were prepared by aqueous free radical precipitation polymerization using acrylamide-derivatives and crosslinkers. Using the hydrogel particles, anisotropic hydrogel particles were prepared at air/water, oil/water, or solid/water interfaces. We revealed that the obtained hydrogel particles were assembled into chains under the certain conditions. To confirm that the phenomenon is due to the structure of the hydrogel particles, cationic and anionic microgels were mixed in aqueous solution. The oppositely charged hydrogel particles also showed particle-chains. We tried to prepare several types of anisotropic hydrogel particles at the interfaces.
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Research Products
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