Responsive superabsorbent hydrogels via photopolymerization in lyotropic liquid crystal templates

McLaughlin, Jacob Ryan; Abbott, Nicholas L.; Guymon, C. Allan

doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2018.03.016

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“…A variety of functions such as, mechanical, photonic, stimuli‐responsive properties, and biocompatibility have been studied for these materials. [ 98–109 ]…”

Section: Liquid Crystals For Water and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[ 102 ] The LC order has also been introduced into hydrogels to tune the porous morphologies. [ 103 ] Guymon and co‐workers prepared nanostructured porous superabsorbent hydrogels by copolymerization of N ‐isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and sodium acrylate in lyotropic LC templates. [ 103a ] The ordered poly(NIPAM)‐based hydrogels exhibited faster volume transition and greater water release in response to thermal stimuli than the analogous isotropic hydrogels.…”

Section: Liquid Crystals For Water and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[ 103 ] Guymon and co‐workers prepared nanostructured porous superabsorbent hydrogels by copolymerization of N ‐isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and sodium acrylate in lyotropic LC templates. [ 103a ] The ordered poly(NIPAM)‐based hydrogels exhibited faster volume transition and greater water release in response to thermal stimuli than the analogous isotropic hydrogels. Thus, the formation of LC nanostructures in hydrogels is effective for improving the material properties and providing new functions.…”

Section: Liquid Crystals For Water and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Advanced Functional Liquid Crystals

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Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline materials in the fields of energy, water, photonics, actuation, sensing, and biotechnology. Here, recent advances in functional liquid crystals based on polymers, supramolecular complexes, gels, colloids, and inorganic‐based hybrids are reviewed, from design strategies to functionalization of these materials and interfaces. New insights into liquid crystals provided by significant progress in advanced measurements and computational simulations, which enhance new design and functionalization of liquid‐crystalline materials, are also discussed.

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“…A variety of functions such as, mechanical, photonic, stimuli‐responsive properties, and biocompatibility have been studied for these materials. [ 98–109 ]…”

Section: Liquid Crystals For Water and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Liquid Crystals For Water and Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Liquid Crystals For Water and Energymentioning

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Advanced Functional Liquid Crystals

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“…The surfactant and unpolymerised material is then removed to leave a hydrogel template, having the features of the lyotropic liquid crystals. Compared to traditional hydrogels, the templated hydrogels exhibit improved mechanical properties and water uptake [61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68].…”

Section: Hydrogel Templatesmentioning

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Liquid Crystals Templating

Nagaraj

2020

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Liquid crystal templating is a versatile technique to create novel organic and inorganic materials with nanoscale features. It exploits the self-assembled architectures of liquid crystal phases as scaffolds. This article focuses on some of the key developments in lyotropic and thermotropic liquid crystals templating. The procedures that were employed to create templated structures and the applications of these novel materials in various fields including mesoporous membranes, organic electronics, the synthesis of nanostructured materials and photonics, are described.

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“…The development of smart hydrogels as functional materials has revolutionized the field of study concerning responsive materials known as stimuli-responsive hydrogels (SRHs) 7 . Generally, SRHs are absorbent to superabsorbent 8 materials that can react to any subtle environmental changes such as p H 9 , , temperature 10 , chemical species 11 , ionic strength 12 , electric field 13 , and biological conditions [14][15][16] . Fig.…”

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