Dual responsive poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels having spironaphthoxazines as pendant groups

Abstract

Stimuli responsive hydrogels (PNIPAAm‐MSp) with a thermoresponsive backbone and photochromic pendant groups were synthesized via free radical polymerization using N‐isopropylacrylamide, modified spironaphthoxazines with a polymerizable double bond (MSp) as photochromic monomer, the crosslinker N,N′‐methylenebis(acrylamide) and the initiator 2,2′‐azobis(isobutyronitrile) in dimethylsulfoxide. The polymers are dual responsive, in that poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) responds to temperature changes whereas the pendant spironaphthoxazines respond to light. Irradiation enhanced the water absorption of the polymers while increases in temperature decreased it. The irradiated PNIPAAm‐MSp showed best water absorption at 0 °C (Q = 3.25) while water desorbed at higher temperatures (35 °C; Q = 0.30); where Q is the amount of water absorbed by a gram of dry polymer. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 3318–3325, 2009

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