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pH- and temperature-sensitive bifunctional hydrogels composed ofN-isopropylacrylamide (NiPAAm) and a sulfadimethoxine monomer (SDM) derived from sulfadimethoxine were prepared. These hydrogels exhibit simultaneous pH- and temperature-induced volume-phase transitions. The pH-induced volume-phase transition behavior is produced by the ionization/deionization of SDM and is very sharp. In the high pH region, the ionization of SDM induces swelling of the hydrogels. In the low pH region, the deionization of SDM induces deswelling of the hydrogels. The temperature-induced volume-phase transition behavior of the bifunctional hydrogels exhibits negative thermosensitivity because of the NiPAAm component. The hydrogels swell even at low pH as the temperature decreases. The hydrogels swell at low temperature and high pH, and deswell at high temperature and low pH. The volume of the hydrogels depends on the balance of the swelling and deswelling produced by the two competing stimuli, pH and temperature.
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Lee, J.W., Lee, D.S. & Kim, S.W. pH- and temperature-sensitive bifunctional hydrogels ofN-isopropylacrylamide and sulfadimethoxine monomer. Macromol. Res. 11, 189–193 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218351
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