Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-113

  Stuart, Martien A Cohen ^a   Huck, Wilhelm T S ^b   Genzer, Jan ^c   Müller, Marcus ^d   Ober, Christopher ^e   Stamm, Manfred ^f   Sukhorukov, Gleb B ^g   Szleifer, Igal ^h   Tsukruk, Vladimir V ⁱ   Urban, Marek ^j   Winnik, Françoise ^k   Zauscher, Stefan ^l   Luzinov, Igor ^m   Minko, Sergiy ⁿ  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Northwestern University   (United States)

ⁱ Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^j The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l USA   (United States)

^m South   (United States)

ⁿ CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEMS; POLYMERS; TEXTILES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCHEMICAL SIGNAL; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; MECHANICAL SIGNALS; RESPONSIVE POLYMER; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE POLYMER; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG CARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DRUG CARRIERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 75749093027     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2614     Document Type: Review

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