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Article: Study results from Nanjing University broaden understanding of chemistry.
- Article from:
- Chemicals & Chemistry
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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"We report a facile strategy for quickly fabricating thermosensitive poly(HPMA-co-NVP) hydrogels in the presence of glycerol by using frontal polymerization (FP). The appropriate amounts of hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA) and 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolinone (NVP), N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide (MBAA), and ammonium persulfate (APS)/N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) couple redox initiator were mixed together at ambient temperature in the presence of glycerol as the medium," researchers in Nanjing, People's Republic of China report.
"A variety of features for preparing hydrogel samples, such as ratios of NVP/ HPMA, the presence of the glycerol and its ...