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    MSE 598/494 Bio-inspired Materials and BiomaterialsMSE 598/494 Bio-inspired Materials and Biomaterials

    Instructor: Ximin He

    TA: Xiying Chen Email: [email protected]

    2014-04-20

    Lecture 3. Smart Stimuli-Responsive Materials I

    Stimuli-responsive Hydrogels

    Octopus Camouflage Adaptive

    Octopus is matching:

    Pattern

    Color

    Brightness

    Texture

    of the algae

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    Insane in the Chromatophores

    Squid (a type of cepholopod) pigment cell (chromatophore) -- Each chromatophore

    has tiny muscles along the circumference of the cell that can contract to reveal thepigment underneath.

    iPod nano (stimulator) a suction electrode squids fin nerve

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    youtube

    How Adept Can We Be?

    Brainstorming:

    The properties we would like to own

    Sense

    Tactile

    Vision

    Actuate

    to change

    Color

    Shape Size/Dimension Sense Actuate

    Stimuli Respond

    Stimuli-responsive Materials

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    Hydrogel

    Definition:

    Three-dimensional networks composed of crosslinked hydrophilic polymerchains that are able to drastically change their volume and other properties.

    - Large water content: typically >90%

    - Large volume change

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    1. Crosslinking allows them avoid dissolution and swell in 3-D .

    2. Hydrophilicity allows absorbing H2O moledules via molecule forces:

    Hydrogen bonds:Forming between H and C, N, O, and F

    Van de Waals force

    The sum of the attractive or repulsive forces between neutral molecules

    H2O

    super-effective way to hold liquid in baby diapers

    Hydrogels: Superabsorbent Polymers

    help farmers retain water in their soil in times of drought

    food, medicine

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    Biological tissue Artificial tissuePorous tissue scaffoldings for tissue

    regeneration for cardiac repair

    copoly(ether-esters)-polyamides blend hydrogel

    (synthetic hydrogel)

    Biological tissue scaffold revealed a porous

    structure with an apparent interconnectivity

    Collagen

    hydrogel

    (Natural

    hydrogel)

    10 m 6 m

    Bone scaffoldCollagen hydrogel-ceramic composite

    (natural-synthetic blend)

    1 cm

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    Hydrogels: Cell Culture Tissue Scaffold

    Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels

    Definition:

    Stimuli-responsive hydrogels, or smart hydrogels, are hydrogels that are able tochange their volume and other properties in response to environmental

    stimuli such as pH, temperature and certain chemicals.

    Functions:

    Hydrogels provide a means to rapidly translate:

    a variety of environmental stimuli a chemo-mechanical response

    via the reversible volume change of the

    polymer network

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    Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels

    P. Kim, L. Zarzar, X. He, et al. Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science (2011)9

    Via molecule forces:

    Van de Waals force

    Hydrogen bond

    Types of Responsiveness Mechanisms

    Type 1: Charged groups in hydrogel network:

    by changes in osmotic pressure

    a change in pH induces dissociation of electrolyte groups,followed by charge-induced swelling of hydrogels

    Humidity-, pH-, and temperature- responsive hydrogels

    Type 2: Enzymatic production of charged groups:

    also applicable to the designs of biologically stimuli-responsive

    hydrogels that swell or shrink in the presence of a target enzyme

    Glucose- and enzyme-responsive hydrogels

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    pH-responsive hydrogel

    Poly(acrylamide-co -acrylic acid)

    p(AAm-co -AAc)

    pH

    volume

    Anionic

    hydrogel

    pKa

    pH < pKa

    protonated

    reduced solubility,

    Contracted state

    pH > pKa

    deprotonated, ionized

    increased solubility

    Swollen state

    * pKa, acid dissociation const ant:

    a quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution

    reversible

    Mechanism:

    co-polymer:

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    Preparation

    Synthesis:

    Solution-based polymerization

    Cast into any shape

    cross-linkermonomer

    initiator

    or

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    bis-AAM = N,N-

    methylenebisacrylamide

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    Temperature-responsive hydrogel

    poly(N

    -isopropylacrylamide)(pNIPAAm)

    Preparation:

    Monomer: NIPAM, commercially available Crosslinker:N,N-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBAm) orN,N-

    cystamine-bis-acrylamide (CBAm)

    initiator:

    crosslinker:

    Temperature-responsive hydrogel

    Mechanism:

    lower critical solution temperature

    phase transition

    swollen hydrated state shrunken dehydrated state

    1. Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST):

    the critical temperature below which the components of a mixture are miscible for allcompositions LCST of pNIPAAm = 32 oC, tunable by introducing hydro-philic/phobic molecules

    2. Governed by Entropy: a measure of disorder (that is a property of the system's state, and that variesdirectly with any reversible change in heat in the system and inversely with the temperature of the system)

    G(p,T) = H TS

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    Temperature-responsive hydrogel

    Applications:LCST of PNIPAmHuman body temperature

    Tissue engineering Controlled drug delivery

    adhesion (37C) and detachment (20C) of a endothelial cell

    on a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-grafted surface

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    Glucose-responsive Hydrogels

    A potential autonomous treatment of insulin-dependent diabetesmellitus (IDDM), diabetes II.

    o Insulin is a hormone secreted from the Langerhans islets of thepancreas and controls glucose metabolism.

    o IDDM is caused by the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing -cells of the pancreas, resulting in the inability tocontrol the blood glucose concentration.

    Glucose-responsive hydrogels:

    attractive candidates as an artificial pancreas that can release insulin inresponse to the blood glucose concentration.

    Most strategies:

    utilize the changes in physicochemical properties of hydrogel network

    induced by glucose recognition.

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    Glucose oxidase-immobilized DEAHPMA copolymer

    the copolymer of diethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DEA) and 2-

    hydroxypropyl methacrylamide (HPMA) as a pH-responsive polymer

    1) When glucose diffused into the DEAHPMA copolymer membrane, it wasconverted to the gluconic acid by the catalytic reaction of glucose oxidase.

    2) The produced gluconic acid decreased the microenvironmental pH within the DEAHPMA copolymer membrane and it swelled due to ionization of the tertiary amino

    groups of DEA.

    3) Thus, insulin permeation through the DEAHPMA copolymer membrane strongly

    depended on the glucose concentration.

    pH-responsive networks + glucose oxidase

    Shinohara, I. Polym. J. 1984, 16, 625631

    Many other glucose-responsive hydrogel

    Literature Review/Design Presentation

    On next Tue, Mar 25th

    By Ishita Jain and Emily Sutton

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    From Charge to Enzyme

    Hydrogels Using Enzymatically

    Derived/Eliminated Charged Groups

    Diffuse Dense cytoskeleton

    Apoptosis Proliferation

    Stiffness

    Size

    FundamentalQuestions

    to

    Answer:

    Howcellsbehaveinmechanically dynamicenvironment?

    Cell Mechanobiology, Mechanotransduction,Cytoskeletaldynamics

    Cell culture materials Petri dish Natural ECM Artificial ECM

    2D semi-3D 3D (3D+ time) 4D?

    Static Dynamic

    Chris Chan et al, Nature 2011

    Anseth et al, Science, 2009

    React to cellular mechanical and chemical signals Spatio-temporally tunable

    strain

    Gel: homogeneous@nanocellular response to gel structure

    & mechanics:

    heterogeneous@micro

    Mechanics spatio-temporally

    Assaying Stem Cell Mechanobiology on Microfabricated

    Elastomeric Substrates with Geometrically Modulated Rigidity

    4-D Cell Culturing

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    Enzyme-responsive hydrogels: swell

    selective enzyme-triggered charge-induced swelling of the enzyme-

    responsive hydrogels with thezwitterionic peptide linkers that arehydrolyzed by a specific enzyme

    PEG-based hydrogels withenzymatic cleavable peptide (Fmoc-

    Asp-Ala-Ala-Arg) which is hydrolyzed

    by thermolysin.

    Swelled specifically in response tothermolysin because doubly

    charged peptide fragmentswereproduced by the enzymatic reaction

    The dextran and avidin physically entrapped within hydrogel werereleased during hydrolysis of peptide chain by thermolysin

    Enzyme-responsive hydrogels: shrink

    Enzyme-responsive hydrogels that shrink in the presence of atarget enzyme were also prepared using charged peptide chainsthat were enzymatically decomposed.

    The hydrogels shrank in the presence of a target enzyme becausepositively charged moieties of peptide chains were eliminatedfrom the hydrogel networks by enzymatic hydrolysis.

    Applications of enzyme-responsive hydrogels that swell or

    shrink in response to a target enzyme: Selective therapeutic release of drugs at specific sites

    Such as a cancer site in which cancer-specific enzyme is

    secreted

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    Hydrogels with Enzymatic Cleavage of Networks

    ECM-mimicking hydrogels composed of PEG-based hydrogelcrosslinked by the oligopeptides which are cleavable by thematrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).

    Critical Properties:

    Response speed

    Response degree/Swelling ratio

    Mechanical properties: hardness,elasticity, toughness, ductility

    Hydrogel: Properties

    Fast

    Significant

    Robust

    Determinative Factors:

    Type of stimuli: mechanism

    Chemical composition

    Crosslinking type and density

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    Hydrogel: Characteristics

    a b c

    d e f

    g h i

    All scale bars = 5 mm

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    Crosslinking type: chemical, small molecule or polymer/nanoparticles (nanogels)

    responsiveness,

    mechanical strength

    Crosslinking density

    Pore size

    Mechanical strength

    Chemical composition

    Type of stimulus

    Mechanical strength

    Hydrogel:More varieties

    New materials: molecular level

    Polymer matrix

    Different responsive moieties

    Bio-functional groups

    Composites: inter-molecular level

    Carbon nanotubes

    Colloids

    Proteins, cells, drugs

    Hybrids: micro/nano level

    Structuring

    Patterning

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    The double-network gel V. S. Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN)

    (with covalent bond) (without covalent bond)

    Composite: Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

    covalent

    crosslinks

    Ionic

    crosslinks

    Z. Suo, et al. Science 2012

    covalent

    crosslinks

    alginate gel polyacrylamide gel

    Questions?

    Hybrid: Micromirrors for Smart Windows

    micromirror

    array

    thermo-responsive

    hydrogel

    muscle

    transmittanceincreases with

    cooling

    macroscopic change in light

    transmittance and reflectivity as

    a function of temperature

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    Gum bear?

    self-heal in aqueous environment, bind in seconds

    and form a bond st rong enough to withstand repeated

    stretching molecular level velcro for drug delivery

    (stomach)

    Mimic the adaptiveness

    Disruptive coloration -- Adaptive character create materials thatchange colors, or its invisible and visible again.

    Our Mimicry system: HAIRS hybrid actuatable integrated responsive surfaces

    Aizenberg et al. Soft Matter (2010)

    Complex, spiral actuation of the

    posts in the microflorets patterninduced by a chiral defect.

    * chirality:to describe an object that isnot superposable on its mirror image

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    Echinoderm

    on YouTube

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    How to realize adaptiveness?

    - using responsive hydrogels as artificial muscle

    P. Kim, L. Zarzar, X. He, et al. Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science (2011)31

    Creating Adaptively Reconfigurable Systemshigh-aspect ratio (HAR) structured, passive skeletal materials

    +hydrogel muscle

    = Reversibly reconfigure and bend the embedded nano/microstructures, Providing a means to switch surface properties in response toenvironmental cues.

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    How to graft gel to high-aspect-ratio posts?

    Covalent bond

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    (glycerol methacrylate)

    How to make the adaptive disruptive coloration?

    Note a clear color change during the

    actuation.

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    Dry state Dry to wet

    WetWet to dry

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    Decoding and Beating Heart

    Aizenberg et al.Angew. Chem. (2011)35

    How to encode?

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    A laser (an acronym forLight

    Amplification by Stimulated

    Emission of Radiation) is a device

    that emits light (electromagnetic

    radiation) through a process of

    optical amplification based on the

    stimulated emission of photons.

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    Integration of Hybrid Surfaces with Fluidic Systems

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    Combinatorial Approaches

    Structural and Chemical Manipulation of Actuation Dynamics Directionality Pattern

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    Control of Directionality

    Aizenberg et al. Soft Matter(2012)39

    Warm-blooded Plastics

    - Synthetic Homeostatic Materials

    Motivation:

    Homeostasis: ability to self-regulate local state --

    Feedback-regulated chemo-mechano-chemical processes

    Challenge:Only CM or MC, no CMC

    Integration within hierarchical regimes by nano/microstructures

    Compartmentalization and partition by hybrid design Dynamically coupling fast mechanical action and chemical inputs and

    outputs by adaptively responsive soft materials

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    Body temperature

    Blood pressureControl center

    Effecter

    (actuate)

    (Sense)

    Receptor

    Musclecontractionmyosinmotor

    ATP synthase

    GasLightHeat

    Chemo Mechano

    Fratzl, P. Nature (2009)

    Stuart, M. A. C. et al. Nature Materials (2010)

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    Creating Homeostasis via C-M-C feedback loop

    Catalytic exthothermic reaction+

    Temperature -responsive gel

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    ONOFF

    M

    C2

    C1

    reagentscatalyst

    aqueous solutionhydrogel

    epoxy

    X. He, A. Balazs, J . Aizenberg, et al. Nature (2012)

    Movie

    YouTube Movie

    Effects of Key Parameters on Homeostasis

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    12 m 15 m:

    Tips remain in top layer for shorter time low

    Thomeo smallerT smallerZ

    Higher Zinterface lower Thomeo, higher Zave aroundZinterface

    18 m 14.5 m:

    Lower aspect ratio low actuation speed largerT smallerZ

    Relatively higher Zinterface lower Thomeo,

    Zhomeo still around Zinterface

    liquid interface height microstructure height

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    Effects of heating rate on homeostasis

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    1-hexene:Triethylsilaneby H2PtCl6)(neat)

    (i) (iii) (iv)

    CumenehydroperoxideDecomp.by Ph3CPF6

    Click reactionOctyl azide +Phenylacetyleneby Cu(PPh3)2NO3

    higher heating rate higher ; larger T; larger Z

    1-hexene:triethylsilane(80% in tol.)

    (i)-dil. (i) (ii)

    1-hexene:triethylsilane(neat)

    1-hexene:diphenylsilane(neat) (all by H2PtCl6)

    lower heating rate lower ; smaller T; smaller Z

    heating rate other exothermic reactions

    SMARTS - self-regulated mecho-chemical adaptively reconfigurable tunable surface

    A large diversity of homeostatic systems can be designed with various regulatory

    functions(temperature, pH, light, glucose, etc.) for advanced energy-efficient,

    "smart" materials and devices

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    Functions:

    Switch/controller

    Converting

    Mimicking

    Sorting

    Functions:

    Switch/controller

    Converting

    Mimicking

    Sorting

    Features:

    Self-powering

    Self-oscillating

    Self-regulating

    Features:

    Self-powering

    Self-oscillating

    Self-regulating

    C M

    actuating

    sensing

    Demonstrated:

    Physical effect

    Biochem reaction

    Inorganic chem reaction

    Organic chem reaction

    Demonstrated:

    Physical effect

    Biochem reaction

    Inorganic chem reaction

    Organic chem reaction

    bioluminescence gasfluorescence self-oscillation

    Conclusions

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    Summary of Lecture 3

    1. Bioinspiration:Adaptive, Reconfigurable, Dynamic

    2. Bioinspired Materials: Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels

    Type 1: Charged groups in hydrogel network:

    by changes in osmotic pressure

    a change in pH induces dissociation of electrolyte groups,followed by charge-induced swelling of hydrogels

    Humidity-, pH-, and temperature- responsive hydrogels

    Type 2: Enzymatic production of charged groups:

    also applicable to the designs of biologically stimuli-responsive

    hydrogels that swell or shrink in the presence of a target enzyme Glucose- and enzyme-responsive hydrogels

    3. Areas of Applications

    Reading Resources

    Reference Book 3: Intelligent Stimuli-Responsive Materials

    Aizenberg Lab:

    http://aizenberglab.seas.harvard.edu/ Research overview Topic:Adaptivehybrid architectures

    Wyss Institute for Biologically-Inspired Engineeringhttp://wyss.harvard.edu/

    YouTube: Username SMARTSmaterial

    Amazing Bioluminescent/Glowing Deep Sea Creatures

    Comb Jellyfish

    What are the Cilia ?

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    MSE 598/494 Bio-inspired Materials and BiomaterialsMSE 598/494 Bio-inspired Materials and Biomaterials

    Instructor: Ximin He

    TA: Xiying Chen Email: [email protected]

    2014-04-20

    Lecture 4. Smart Stimuli-Responsive Materials I

    Biomimetic Self-oscillating Polymer gels

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    Antimicrobial materials for Anti-biofilm/fouling

    for marine and biomedical application

    Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Marine Fouling Bacterial Fouling

    WikipediaAlex Epstein, et al. PNAS (2010) and (2012)

    Current methods:

    Copper

    Pulsed laser irradiation

    High energy acoustic pulses

    New trend- new funct. mater.

    by mimicking marine

    animals

    Challenges:

    Passive repellenceActive

    Non-toxic mechanic strategy

    Environment-friendly

    Effective

    Energy-efficient

    Long-term anti-biofouling

    stabilities

    Motivation:

    Natures strategy:Active Repellenceusing periodic motion of microstructure

    /frog embryoBeating cilia on echinoderms

    Direction 2

    Respiratory tractand intestine

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    Bio-inspired Autonomous Mass-transport and Microbial Repellenceusing periodic motion of microstructure

    Novel

    approach:

    environment

    friendly

    Smart

    Active

    Antibiofilm

    preventsettlement

    and

    activelyremovebybiomimeticautonomousmotion,withmolecularcontrol.

    Duofunction:Antifouling+Dragreduction

    i) vibrationdrivenbyaselfoscillatinglayer(tandemdesign)

    ii) byselfoscillatinggelorcilia(hybriddesign)/gelontheotherside

    ToRepel:

    Bacteria:

    Pseudomonasaeruginosa (Sepsis) themostfrequentcolonizerofmedicaldevices Staphylococcusaureus (Pneumonia,Sepsis) Escherichiacoli(FoodPoisoning)Marinebiofouling organism:

    Barnacles/Ulva

    Approaches

    1. Nanoparticle-capturing actuator

    2. Mechanical wave: P. aeruginosa biofilm, 24 hrs

    Static : Dynamic:

    X. He, et al.Adv. Func. Mater . 2006, Chem. Mater. 2013

    3. Chemo-mechanical wave:

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    Autonomous Motion with Self-oscillating Materials

    Self-oscillating Chemical Reaction: Belousov-Zhabotinsky B-Z reaction

    Chemo Mechano

    (Youtube)

    Homework:

    Mechanisms of

    i) B-Z reaction and ii) Self-oscillating gels

    B-Z reaction based Self-oscillating Gel

    Yoshida, et al.Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010

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    Self-walking Robot

    Youtube

    Versatile Self-oscillating Polymer Gels

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    Intestine-like autonomous mechanical pumping system

    Schematic illustration of autonomous mass

    transport by peristaltic pumping of a tubular self-

    oscillating gel.

    The behavior of the autonomous transport of a

    CO2 bubble in the gel tube by peristaltic pumping.

    Mass transport

    by

    peristaltic pumping

    Sol-Gel transition by Autonomous viscosity oscillation

    By reversible complex formation of terpyridine-terminated tetra PEG

    (Poly(ethylene glycol)) in the BZ reaction.

    BZ reaction induces the periodical binding/dissociaion of the Ru-terpyridine

    complex and causes periodic molecular weight changes and results in

    viscosity changes.

    terpyridine-terminated tetra PEG

    terpyridine-terminated PEG

    Oscillating profiles of viscosity of the aqueous solution

    containing Ru(terpy)2-tetra PEG, HNO3, NaBrO3, andMA at 25 oC.

    Sol-Gel transition

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    Toward Applications

    Limitation? Operating conditions for the self-oscillation are limited to

    conditions under which the BZ reaction occurs

    For potential applications as functional bio- or biomimetic

    materials?

    Design a self-oscillating polymer which acts under biologicalenvironments.

    Solutions?

    1. Operate in Physiological Media

    Solutions:

    To built BZ substrates other than organic ones, such as malonicacid and citric acid into the polymer system itself.

    Examples :

    synthesized a quaternary copolymer which includes both pH-control and oxidant-supplying sites in the poly(NIPAAm-co-Ru(bpy)3) chain at the same time. By using this polymer, self-

    oscillation by adding only the organic acid (malonic acid) wasactually observed.

    Yoshida, R. Self-oscillating polymer fueled by organic acid. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 84278429.

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    2. Operate at Body Temperature

    Challenge:the volume phase transition temperature of the poly(NIPAAm-co-

    Ru(bpy)3) gel is around 25C, and above that temperature the gelshrinks for both the reduced and oxidized states

    Solution 1:

    To utilize a non-thermosensitive polymer without an LCST?

    Problem:

    The difference in swelling ratios between the reduced and oxidizedstates rely only on a change in hydrophilicity due to the chargenumber of the redox site without the help of an attractiveintermolecular force by phase transition.

    Yoshida, R. Self-oscillating polymer fueled by organic acid. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 84278429.

    2. Operate at Body Temperature

    Solution 2:

    by using a thermosensitive polymer with a

    higher LCST

    to maintain a large difference between thereduced and oxidized states by utilizing thephase transition at higher temperatures:poly(EMAAm-co-Ru(bpy)3) gel

    Successfully induce self-oscillation while

    maintaining a larger amplitude at highertemperatures and around body temperature

    Yoshida, R. Self-oscillating polymer fueled by organic acid. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 84278429.

    * N,N-ethylmethylacrylamide (EMAAm)* N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAAm)

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    Homework of Lecture 3-4 on 03/20/2004

    1. Please name some pH-responsive hydrogels and temperature-responsive hydrogels, and explain the mechanism of theirresponsiveness.

    2. Please state the mechanisms of i) a B-Z reaction and ii) theself-oscillating gels in general.

    Due by 04/01/2014

    Hand in hard copy of homework at the TA, Xiying Chen, at thebeginning of the class on 04/01/2014

    Please contact [email protected] for questions.