Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) based pH- and temperature-sensitive ampholytic hydrogels with tunable mechanical, swelling and drug release properties

Ceyda Şimşek, Candan Erbil*

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Abstract

pH-/temperature-sensitive ampholytic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels containing N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]methacrylamide-itaconic acid (DMAPMAAm-IA) and DMAPMAAm-AMPS (2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) comonomer pairs have been designed and then synthesized. The results showed that (i) disk diameters and transparencies in the range of pH 2–12 increased only with increasing content of AMPS in the ampholytic NIPAAm/DMAPMAAm/AMPS hydrogels containing 10.0 mol % of DMAPMAAm + AMPS mixtures; (ii) maximum compressive strengths of NIPAAm/IA (62.5 ± 10.0 kPa) was higher than NIPAAm/AMPS (26.9 ± 1.1 kPa) hydrogels in DDW at 37 °C. (iii) In case of DFNa release, the decreasing values of n (≈0.30–0.50) indicated that ampholytic PNIPAAm hydrogels served as diffusion barrier.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1148-1163
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials
Volume71
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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Funding

This work was supported by the Scientific Research Project Coordination Center of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) (Scientific Research Project Fund with the Project number 38387). We thank Dr. Gökhan Göksu for guidance on MATLABTM calculations.

FundersFunder number
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi38387

    Keywords

    • 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid
    • ampholytic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels
    • compression modulus
    • diclofenac sodium release
    • dynamic swelling
    • N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] methacrylamideItaconic acid

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