Stimuli-responsive biocompatible and biodegradable materials can be obtained by combining polysaccharides with polymers exhibiting lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behavior, such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm). The behavior of aqueous solutions of sodium alginate (NaAl) grafted with PNIPAAm (NaAl-g-PNIPAAm) copolymers as a function of composition and temperature is presented. The products obtained exhibit a remarkable thermothickening behavior in aqueous solutions if the degree of grafting, the concentration, and the temperature are higher than some critical values. The solgel-phase transition temperatures have been determined. It was found that at temperatures below LCST the systems behave like a solution, whereas at temperatures above LCST, the solutions behave like a stiff gel, because of PNIPAAm segregation. This behavior is reversible and could find applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery systems. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013
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Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaSun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Yi, Ju-Zhen
Ma, Yu-Qian
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Ma, Yu-Qian
Zhang, Li-Ming
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Banaras Hindu Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Chem, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaBanaras Hindu Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Chem, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
Biswas, Chandra Sekhar
Paira, Tapas Kumar
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