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Thermoresponsive hydrogel engineerineng
26. June 2024
Polymeric hydrogels represent a fascinating form of materials that are able to bind water in a polymeric matrix. The very fact that water is bound in this form allows the manipulation of water storage and release as well as properties such as viscosity. For polymers with stimuli responsive behaviour, these properties can be controlled by external stimuli such as temperature. In this project we aim to control physicochemical properties of thermoresponsive hydrogels by controlling the polymer architecture and synthesis parameters accordingly.