Stimuli-responsive aqueous microgels: properties and applications

Mendeleev Communications, vol. 30, pp. 555–562

Abstract

Water-soluble microgels have been known for over than three decades. Initially introduced as thermoresponsive polymer colloids with tunable softness, these macromolecular objects become a versatile platform for a broad range of potential applications due to the bursting growth of the diversity of their chemical architecture through the years. The recent progress in the design of stimuli-responsive microgels together with the notable examples of their applications is discussed in this paper.

Authors 3

1. Mikhail V. Anakhov

   Lomonosov Moscow State University

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation

2. Rustam A. Gumerov Aachen DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials · Lomonosov Moscow State University

   Affiliation as printed

   DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, D-52056 Aachen, Germany

   Department of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation

3. Igor I. Potemkin corresponding Aachen DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials

   DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials · Lomonosov Moscow State University · South Ural State University

   Affiliation as printed

   DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, D-52056 Aachen, Germany

   Department of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation

   National Research South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation