Journal
REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
Volume 71, Issue 9, Pages 972-979Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2011.06.006
Keywords
Helical copolymer; Optically active hydrogels; Macroporous structure; Chiral recognition; Amino acids
Funding
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-06-0096]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [ZZ1117]
- National Science Foundation of China [20974007]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT) [IRT0706]
- Beijing Municipal Commission of Education
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Optically active macroporous poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogels were synthesized via free radical copolymerization of NIPAM, helical macromonomer, and cross-linker N,N'-methylenebis-acrylamide. The helical macromonomer not only contained catechol groups but also vinyl groups in side chains. Polyethylene glycols were used as pore-forming agent to give rise to macroporous structures in the optically active hydrogels. The hydrogels were characterized by FT-IR, SEM, DSC, swelling ratio and circular dichroism spectra analyses and exhibited the expected optical activity and macroporous architectures. The chiral resolution tests demonstrated the preferential adsorption of the hydrogels towards D-tryptophan and D-phenylalanine in the corresponding two amino acid enantiomers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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