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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Smart polymer"”.
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Novel Smart Polymer Based In Situ Gels
… the effect of interaction of protein and polymers with varying end groups on the overall release profile of model proteins (Lysozyme, Bromelain and Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)). Lactide and/or glycolide-based polymers (intrinsic viscosity 0.15 to 0.22 d/L) differing in end groups …
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Smart Polymer Electromechanical Actuators for Soft Microrobotic Applications
Ionic electroactive polymer (IEAP) actuators are a class of electroactive polymer devices that exhibit electromechanical coupling through ion transport in the device. They consist of an ionomeric membrane coated with conductive network composites (CNCs) and conductive electrodes on both sides. A …
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Theoretical Modeling of Polymeric and Biological Nanostructured Materials
Polymer coatings on periodic nanostructures have facilitated advanced applications in various fields. The performance of these structures is intimately linked to their nanoscale characteristics. Smart polymer coatings responsive to environmental stimuli such as temperature, pH level, and ionic …
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In vitro Sustained Release Delivery System for Hydrogen Sulfide Analogs
… problem was to formulate an in situ gel forming smart polymer-based delivery system that would release hydrogen sulfide donor at sustained rate for extended period of time. Therefore, in this study a novel sustained release formulation of sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS) (a model H2S donor) was …
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Exploring new materials for caloric cooling
… heat from first-order phase transitions in a smart polymer driven by stimuli unexplored in the field of calorics thus far. Despite displaying large thermally driven entropy changes (|∆S₀|) near superionic transitions, the superionic conductors studied here showed a tendency to exist in many …
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Structural health monitoring of polymer-matrix composites (PMCs) using embedded piezoelectric transducers: experimental and numerical approaches
… experimental study and numerical modeling of smart Polymer-Matrix Composites (PMC) embedding ceramic and polymeric piezoelectric transducers. The primary objective was to enhance their intelligent functionality to establish experimental/numerical Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The …
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Synthesis and study of the micellization behavior of a dual temperature- and pH-responsive PAA-b-PNIPAM block copolymer
<p>Amphiphilic diblock copolymers are composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. When they are exposed to water, the hydrophobic blocks aggregate to form a hydrophobic core surrounded by hydrophilic regions outside to give a core-shell micelle. These micelles have many potential applications, …
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Development of applications of liquid crystalline elastomers from Materials to Applications
Liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) is a class of "smart polymer" with constituent molecules called mesogens, exhibiting orientational ordering. These mesogens can self-assemble into many types of ordering and transition to being isotropic reversibly subjected to external stimuli. In the last four …