Temperature responsive lipid liquid crystal layers with embedded nanogels

A. P. Dabkowska, C. Hirst, Maria Valldeperas Badell, L. A. Clifton, Costanza Montis, S. Nöjd, L. Gentile, M. Wang, Gunnar K. Pálsson, S. Lages, Duccio Berti, J. Barauskas, T. Nylander

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Abstract

Polymer nanogels are embedded within layers consisting of a nonlamellar liquid crystalline lipid phase to act as thermoresponsive controllers of layer compactness and hydration. As the nanogels change from the swollen to the collapsed state via a temperature trigger, they enable on-demand release of water from the mixed polymer-lipid layer while the lipid matrix remains intact. Combining stimuli-responsive polymers with responsive lipid-based mesophase systems opens up new routes in biomedical applications such as functional biomaterials, bioanalysis and drug delivery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1417-1420
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume53
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Physical Chemistry

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