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Sterilizable Gels from Thermoresponsive Block Copolymer Worms
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Biocompatible hydrogels have many applications, ranging from contact lenses to tissue engineering scaffolds. In most cases, rigorous sterilization is essential. Herein we show that a biocompatible diblock copolymer forms wormlike micelles via polymerization-induced self-assembly in aqueous solution. At a copolymer concentration of 10.0 w/w %, interworm entanglements lead to the formation of a free-standing physical hydrogel at 21 °C. Gel dissolution occurs on cooling to 4 °C due to an unusual worm-to-sphere order-order transition, as confirmed by rheology, electron microscopy, variable temperature (1)H NMR spectroscopy, and scattering studies. Moreover, this thermo-reversible behavior allows the facile preparation of sterile gels, since ultrafiltration of the diblock copolymer nanoparticles in their low-viscosity spherical form at 4 °C efficiently removes micrometer-sized bacteria; regelation occurs at 21 °C as the copolymer chains regain their wormlike morphology. Biocompatibility tests indicate good cell viabilities for these worm gels, which suggest potential biomedical applications.
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- Authors
- Blanazs, A., Verber, R., Mykhaylyk, O. O., Ryan, A. J., Heath, J. Z., Douglas, C. W. I., & Armes, S. P.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2012-05-31
- Volume
- 134
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 9741-9748
- ISSN
- 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5126
- OpenAlex
- W2095527210
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- References
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- FWCI
- 10.94
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- Language
- en
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