Photopatterning of thermally sensitive hydrogels useful for microactuators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Hoffmann, Jan ^a   Plötner, Matthias ^a   Kuckling, Dirk ^a   Fischer, Wolf Joachim ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; CROSSLINKING; HYDROGELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SWELLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTOCROSSLINKING; PHOTOPATTERNING;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 0342297904     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(99)00080-1     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. D. Kuckling, H.-J. Adler, K.-F. Arndt, J. Hoffmann, M. Plötner, L. Ling, Photocrosslinking of thin polymer film of temperature sensitive polymers on Si-wafers, Polymers for Advanced Technology PAT'97, Leipzig, 1997.
2. Irie M. Stimulie responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). Photo- and chemical induced phase transitions. Advances in Polymer Science. 110:1993;50-65.
3. Yan Q., Hoffmann A.S. Synthesis of macroporous hydrogels with rapid swelling and deswelling properties for delivery of macromolecules. Polymer. 36:1995;887-889.
4. Yoshida R., Uchida K., Kaneko Y., Sakai K., Kikuchi A., Sakurai Y., Okano T. Comb-type grafted hydrogels with rapid deswelling response to temperature changes. Nature. 374:1995;240-242.
5. Inomata H., Nagahama K., Sairo S. Measurement and correlation of the swelling pressure of N-isopropylacrylamide gel. Macromolecules. 27:1994;6459-6464.
6. D. Stauffer, A. Aharony, Introduction to Percolation Theory, VCH Verlag, Weinheim, 1995.