Issue 13, 2013

Stimuli-responsive hierarchically self-assembled 3D porous polymer-based structures with aligned pores

Abstract

We have developed a novel approach for the fabrication of self-assembled porous materials with uniaxial tubular pores. The approach is based on the use of microtubes formed by stimuli-induced rolling of polymer bilayers consisting of hydrophobic and stimuli-responsive hydrophilic polymers. Different objects, for example yeast cells, can be encapsulated inside the tubes during their rolling. The self-rolled tubes filled with the yeast cells are capable of controlled self-assembly and form a uniaxial tubular homogeneously filled scaffold. Moreover, our approach allows design of porous materials with the pores having different properties.

Graphical abstract: Stimuli-responsive hierarchically self-assembled 3D porous polymer-based structures with aligned pores

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Oct 2012
Accepted
12 Dec 2012
First published
14 Dec 2012

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013,1, 1786-1793

Stimuli-responsive hierarchically self-assembled 3D porous polymer-based structures with aligned pores

S. Zakharchenko, N. Puretskiy, G. Stoychev, C. Waurisch, S. G. Hickey, A. Eychmüller, J. Sommer and L. Ionov, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 1786 DOI: 10.1039/C2TB00231K

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