• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Thermoresponsive properties of polyacrylamides in physiological solutions
  • Contributor: Kolouchová, Kristýna; Lobaz, Volodymyr; Beneš, Hynek; de la Rosa, Victor R.; Babuka, David; Švec, Pavel; Černoch, Peter; Hrubý, Martin; Hoogenboom, Richard; Štěpánek, Petr; Groborz, Ondřej
  • imprint: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2021
  • Published in: Polymer Chemistry
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1039/d1py00843a
  • ISSN: 1759-9954; 1759-9962
  • Keywords: Organic Chemistry ; Polymers and Plastics ; Biochemistry ; Bioengineering
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  • Description: <jats:p>We show that the cloud point temperature (<jats:italic>T</jats:italic><jats:sub>CP</jats:sub>) of thermoresponsive polyacrylamides is considerably lower in physiologically relevant solvents (phosphate-buffered saline, serum) than in pure water. This decrease of <jats:italic>T</jats:italic><jats:sub>CP</jats:sub> may be critical for some biomedical applications.</jats:p>