398 results about "Responsive polymer" patented technology

A monomer compound that contains at least one polymerizable functional group per molecule, and at least one bicycloheptyl-, bicycloheptenyl-, or branched (C₅-C₄₂)alkyl-polyether radical per molecule, wherein the bicycloheptyl- or bicycloheptenyl- polyether radical may optionally be substituted on one or more of the ring carbon atoms by one or two (C₁-C₆)alkyl groups per ring carbon atom is useful in making polymers, particularly pH responsive polymers.

An implantable fluid delivery apparatus for infusing medicinal fluids into a patient that includes a novel heat responsive polymer gel material that, upon being heated by a heating coil uniquely functions as an internal energy source for expelling the medicinal fluids from the device.

Temperature- and pH-responsive copolymer compositions, and drug delivery devices, conjugates, nanoparticles, and micelles that include the compositions.

By using a bed material for cell culture having a surface composed of two domains of domain A coated with a temperature-responsive polymer and domain B composed of any one or a combination of a domain coated with a polymer having high affinity with cells, a domain coated with the temperature-responsive polymer in an amount different from the amount of the temperature-responsive polymer of domain A, and a domain coated with a polymer which responds to a temperature different from the temperature to which domain A responds, a method for the co-culture of a plurality of kinds of cells which has heretofore been difficult becomes possible.

A novel method for separating a target substance, for example, metal ion, drug or biological component is provided. According to the method, the surface of a packing undergoes a chemical or physical environmental change under a physical stimulus so that the interaction of a substance interacting with the target substance is reversibly changed in an aqueous solution, thus effecting separation.

Organic-inorganic composites were prepared as colloidal particles of a cross-linked, thermally responsive polymer. Hybrid PNIPAM-polysiloxane particles and composite polymeric particles with embedded nanoparticles of an inorganic metal-oxide (MO_x) such as CeO2 and TiO2 were formed. To promote the incorporation of unaggregated nanoparticles, temperature responsive microspherical gels (microgels) of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) with interpenetrating (IP) linear chains of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) were used. The organic-inorganic composition of the hybrid polymer network was controlled by changing the time for condensation and hydrolysis of the siloxane monomer during synthesis. Experimental results indicated that the planarization of silicon oxide wafers using these hybrid particles and composites exhibited lower topographical variations and surface roughness as compared to slurries consisting of only silica or ceria nanoparticles while achieving similar removal rates and better or similar frictional characteristics.

Methods and devices for determining sensing device usability, e.g., for self-monitoring and point of care devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of determining device usability, comprising the steps of providing a device comprising a first electrical pad; a second electrical pad; and a humidity-responsive polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the humidity-responsive polymer layer; and determining whether the measured electrical property associated with the humidity-responsive polymer layer has exceeded a humidity threshold level associated with the device usability.

pH-Responsive polymer-based protein delivery carriers and compositions, methods for making the carriers and compositions, and methods for using the carriers and compositions for intracellular protein antigen delivery, inducing a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response, introducing a tumor-specific protein antigen to an antigen presenting cell to induce an immune response, and providing tumor protection to a subject.

The invention relates to a preparation method of high-strength ion-responsive lubricating hydrogel, belonging to the technical field of ion response. The preparation method combines a high-strength hydrogel material with a synergistic design system of ion-responsive supramolecular hydrogel, and realizes the regulation and control of the surface lubrication of the hydrogel material by regulating the bulk phase of the hydrogel material as well as surface ion species and charged state. On the one hand, the high-strength hydrogel can give good mechanical support to cartilage; on the other hand, the ion-responsive supramolecular hydrogel can undergo gel-sol conversion under the action of external ions, and the factors such as ion species and concentration of the environment in which the hydrogel is located can be further controlled according to complexion situations of different ions by an ion-responsive polymer, so that the purpose of reversible regulation of hydrogel surface lubrication is achieved, and the hydrogel is enabled to automatically adjust the strength and the surface lubrication performance. The high-strength ion-responsive lubricating hydrogel greatly enhances the stability and environmental adaptability of bionic cartilage, thus having a very good medical prospect.

The invention relates to a multiple response type filtration-controllable electrospun nanofiber membrane and a preparation method thereof. Nanofibers are composed of electrostatic spinning thermosensitive and pH responsive polymers and solvents, and the multiple response type filtration-controllable electrospun nanofiber membrane is formed by putting a prepared mixed solution in an injector and then spinning of an electrostatic spinning apparatus. The multiple response type filtration-controllable electrospun nanofiber membrane and the preparation method thereof have the advantages that since smart response of the thermosensitive and pH responsive polymers in the spinning solution is combined with the advantages of large specific area, high porosity and loose and porous performance of the nanofibers, controllable filtration of air is achieved; the preparation method is simple and easy to implement, low in production cost, high in interception efficiency, low in resistance, rapid in filtration reaction, high in treatment efficiency, reusable and capable of achieving smart separability of the nanofiber membrane and can be applied to the fields such as filtration and adsorption, drug delivery, chemical separation, sensing drive and tissue engineering.

Disclosed are magnetic nanosensors or transducers that permit measurement of a physical parameter in an analyte via magnetic reasonance measurements, in particular of non-agglomerative assays. More particularly, in certain embodiments, the invention relates to designs of nanoparticle reagents and responsive polymer coated magnetic nanoparticles. Additionally provided are methods of use of nanoparticle reagents and responsive polymer coated magnetic nanoparticles for the detection of a stimulus or an analyte with NMR detectors.

The invention relates to materials comprising polymer network containing siloxanes or organic-based core structures, preferably the materials have thermal-responsive properties. In some embodiments, the invention relates to an organic core functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, organic core-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The organic core-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In some embodiments, the invention relates to silsesquioxane groups functionalized with polymers. In another embodiment, silsequioxane-polymer conjugates comprise polylactone segments. The silsequioxane-polymer conjugates may be crosslinked together to form a material, and these materials may be functionalized with bioactive compounds so that the materials have desirable biocompatibility or bioactivity when used in medical devices. In further embodiments, the invention relates to composite materials that contain a polymer matrix and aggregates, and in some embodiments, methods of making, and methods of using these materials. Preferably, the aggregates are calcium phosphate aggregates. Preferably, the material is resistant to fracture. In further embodiments, the materials are used in surgical procedures of bone replacement. In further embodiments, the materials contain polyhedral silsesquioxanes and/or biodegradable segments

A separatory material comprising a composite material containing a stimulus-responsive polymer and a substance interacting specifically with a target substance, wherein said stimulus-responsive polymer undergoes a structural change upon a physical stimulus so that the interaction of said substance interacting specifically with the target substance is affected by the chemical or physical environmental change, thereby causing a reversible change in the interaction force with the target substance due to the physical stimulus, which separatory material is characterized in that said stimulus-responsive polymer has no affinity with said substance interacting specifically with the target substance.

A method of cleaning a fouled or a scaled RO or NF membrane surface with a solution containing one or more thermo-responsive polymers is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises: treating the membrane surface in a membrane separation system with a solution containing one or more TRP, wherein said TRP is soluble in said solution and at least an effective amount of said TRP diffuses into a foulant layer on said membrane surface; making insoluble said TRP diffused into said foulant layer; optionally, rinsing the membrane.

We have demonstrated reversibly reducing metal-ion crosslinkages in polymer systems, by harnessing light, creating a dynamic and reversible bond. The reduction induces chemical and physical changes in the polymer materials. Some variations provide a polymer composition comprising: a polymer matrix containing one or more ionic species; one or more photosensitizers; and one or more metal ions capable of reversibly changing from a first oxidation state to a second oxidation state when in the presence of the photosensitizers and light. Some embodiments employ urethane-based ionomers capable of changing their crosslinked state under the influence of a change in counterion valance, using light or chemical reducing agents. This invention provides films, coatings, or objects that are reversible, re-mendable, self-healing, mechanically adjustable, and/or thermoplastic/thermoset-switchable.

Disclosed is a product that includes an optical sensor; a target-responsive hydrogel matrix on a surface of the optical sensor (where the hydrogel matrix comprises one or more target-specific receptors and one or more target analogs), and one or more high refractive index nanoparticles within the hydrogel matrix, where a detectable change occurs in a refractive index of the hydrogel matrix when contacted with one or more target molecules. Sterile packages and detection devices containing the product, and methods of detecting a target molecule using the product, are also disclosed.

The invention discloses a pH (potential of hydrogen) responsive metal organic framework nanometer crystal, a preparation method and application. The pH responsive metal organic framework nanometer crystal comprises a metal organic framework and a pH responsive segment, wherein the pH responsive segment is graftedadhered to an organic ligand of the metal organic framework, and can be a pH responsive polymer, a chain segment containing a carboxylic group, or a chain segment containing a pyridine group. The pH responsive metal organic framework nanometer crystal has the advantages that the pH responsive segment is grafted onto the organic ligand of the metal organic framework, so that the contact angle of the metal organic framework is changed, namely that the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity properties of the metal organic framework are changed, thereby increasing the interface activity of the pH responsive metal organic framework; the pH responsive segment has response property to the change of the pH value of the surrounding environment, the pH responsive metal organic framework has different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity properties under different pH values, and then the pH responsive metal organic framework can be separated and recycled by adjusting the pH value.

The invention belongs to the fields of high polymer materials and biomedical engineering and particularly relates to a method for preparing pH-responsive graft copolymer taking ethyl cellulose as a main chain. The method comprises the following steps of: performing esterification reaction on residual hydroxyl in the ethyl cellulose main chain and a bromine-containing compound under the protection of inert gas nitrogen or argon to convert the hydroxyl into a bromine group; and performing atom transfer radical polymerization on a methacrylic acid-N,N-lignocaine ethyl ester monomer by using the bromine group as a macroinitiator to form pH-responsive polymer so as to finally obtain the pH-responsive graft copolymer taking the ethyl cellulose as the main chain. The pH-responsive graft copolymer taking the ethyl cellulose as the main chain has biodegradability, biocompatibility and pH value sensitivity and can be self-assembled into stable nano micelles in water, so the pH-responsive graft copolymer can be widely applied to the fields such as medicament release control carriers, biological intelligent switches, biological sensors, biological nano devices and the like. The method has the advantages of simpleness, practicability, industrialized production of raw materials and high popularization and application value.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a base pair-containing multiple responsive polymer. According to the preparation method, a two-block polymer is prepared from polycaprolactone and a temperature sensitive responsive polymer by an active polymerization method, a basic group is connected to one end of the two-block polymer, another basic group is connected to one end of polyethylene glycol, the two basic groups form a complementary base pair, a hydrogen bond of the complementary base pair has salt and pH response functions, and the two-block polymer contains a disulfide bond and the temperature sensitive polymer and thus the base pair-containing multiple responsive polymer has multiple responsiveness to salts, a pH, a temperature and redox. Polycaprolactone and polyethylene glycol used by the preparation method have good biocompatibility, the polymer formed by base complementary can form micelle in an aqueous solution by self-assembling, and through a change of the environment, micelle morphology is changed. Through the base pair-containing multiple responsive polymer, use of a drug release method can be realized. The preparation method has simple processes and can be controlled easily.

A separation material characterized by supporting, in its surface, a linear or crosslinked stimulus responsive polymer to which a substance A having specific affinity for a target substance and a low-molecular substance B having specific affinity for the substance A have been bonded. Such a separation material can increase the recovery of a target substance to be purified and do not require desalting and hapten sugar-eliminating operations and, in addition, have high productivity.

The invention provides a preparation method for a temperature stimuli-responsive nanofiber membrane carrying with a precious-metal nanorod. The preparation method is characterized in that the preparation method comprises the steps that temperature stimuli-responsive polymer of active groups in molecule side chain zone is prepared; the precious-metal nanorod is synthesized through a seed growing method; the temperature stimuli-responsive polymer is dissolved in distilled water and is mixed with aqueous dispersion liquid of the precious-metal nanorod, stirring is conducted to form spinning solution, electrostatic spinning is conducted on the spinning solution, and a hybrid nanofiber membrane carrying with the precious-metal nanorod is formed; heat treatment is conducted on the hybrid nanofiber membrane formed through electrostatic spinning, and the temperature stimuli-responsive nanofiber membrane carrying with the precious-metal nanorod is acquired. The prepared hybrid nanofiber membrane carrying with the precious-metal nanorod is swelled in aqueous medium, so that dissolution does not occur, the temperature stimuli responsiveness is possessed, and the temperature of volume phase transformation ranges from 40 DEG C to 43 DEG C. The hybrid nanofiber membrane possesses a potential application prospect in a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy detecting base, a drug control delivery carrier, a sensor and the like.

There is presently provided a stimulus-responsive polymer comprising a biodegradable polymer backbone and a stimulus-responsive pendant group attached to the biodegradable polymer backbone, wherein the biodegradable polymer backbone comprises a poly(amino ester) or a poly(amido amine), the poly(amido amine) optionally comprising a disulfide linkage in the backbone.