Journal
POLYMER
Volume 108, Issue -, Pages 154-162Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.11.053
Keywords
Stimuli-responsive nanofibers; Thermo-responsive nanofibers; poly(vinyl caprolactam) PVCL; poly(hydroxymethyl acrylamide) PNMA; Electrospinning
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Funding
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project [NYS-329402]
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch multistate project [NC-1194 NYC-329816]
- NSF MRSEC program [DMR-1120296]
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1531632] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Poly(vinyl caprolactam) (PVCL) is an especially attractive temperature-responsive polymer due to its biocompatibility and the fact that its lower critical solution temperature (LCST) is in the physiological range (32-34 degrees C). Here, PVCL was copolymerized with hydroxymethyl acrylamide (NMA) and electrospun to create PVCL based temperature-responsive chemical hydrogel nanofibers for the first time. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) was used to study fiber morphology. The thermal curing process of the nanofibers was analyzed by attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The created smart hydrogel nanofibers responded quickly and reversibly to changes in temperature and showed a temperature controlled rhodamine B dye release. The unique properties offered by these novel materials show promise for applications in biosensors, controlled drug delivery and microfluidic systems. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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