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Preparation and characterization of nanosized P(NIPAM-MBA) hydrogel particles and adsorption of bovine serum albumin on their surface.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Zhu, Xiaoli Gu, Xiangling Zhang, Lina Kong, Xiang-Zheng |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Thermosensitive polymer hydrogel particles with size varying from 480 to 620 nm were prepared through precipitation copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide with N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) in water with ammonium persulfate as the initiator. Only polymer hydrogels without any coagula were obtained when MBA concentration in the monomer mixture was kept between 2.5 and 10.0 wt%; with increased MBA concentration, the monomer conversion was enhanced, the size of the hydrogels was increased, and their shrinking was lessened when heated from 25°C to 40°C. Bovine serum albumin adsorption on the surface of the hydrogels of different MBA content was measured at different pH levels and under different temperatures. The results demonstrated that the adsorption of the protein on the hydrogels could be controlled by adjusting the pH, the temperature of adsorption, and the crosslinking in the hydrogels. The results were interpreted, and the mechanisms of the polymerization were proposed. |
| ISSN | 19317573 |
| Journal | Nanoscale Research Letters |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC3476965 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 23006588 |
| e-ISSN | 1556276X |
| DOI | 10.1186/1556-276x-7-519 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publisher Date | 2012-09-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright ©2012 Zhu et al.; licensee Springer. |
| Subject Keyword | N-isopropylacrylamide Precipitation polymerization Hydrogel nanoparticles Bovine serum albumin |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Materials Science |