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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), carboxylic acid terminated

average Mn 10,000

Synonym(s):

NIPAM polymer, PNIPAM-COOH, Polyacrylamide, functionalized polyNIPAM, functionalized polyacrylamide, polyNIPAM

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Linear Formula:
(C6H11NO)nSCH2CH2CO2H
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23

form

powder

mol wt

average Mn 10,000 by GPC (THF w/ 5%TEA, PS, RI)
average Mn 10,000

mp

>300 °C

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Application

PNIPAM-based Smart Surfaces for Cell Sheet Tissue Engineering
Novel polymer for development of thermosensitive coated micro/nano materials including thermoresponsive polymeric drug delivery systems. The carboxylic acid functional group can be used to conjugate a variety of biomolecules to the polymer chain.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Hydrophobic interaction-mediated capture and release of cancer cells on thermoresponsive nanostructured surfaces.
Hongliang Liu et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 25(6), 922-927 (2012-11-20)
Dan Liu et al.
Biomedical materials (Bristol, England), 7(5), 055008-055008 (2012-09-05)
One-end-connected short poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) side chains were facilely introduced into the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) nanocomposite hydrogel (NC gel) via in situ copolymerization of NIPAm monomer and PEG macromonomer in the aqueous suspension of hectorite clay Laponite XLS. The NC gels
Matteo D'Este et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 90(3), 1378-1385 (2012-09-04)
An efficient and scale-up ready single-step synthesis for the conjugation of thermoresponsive polymers to hyaluronic acid (HA) was established. Jeffamines(®) (JFM) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) were grafted to HA via direct amidation mediated by 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazole activation. The temperature-induced gelation of the
Avraham Halperin et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(48), 16623-16637 (2012-11-06)
Thermoresponsive tissue culture substrates based on PNIPAM brushes are used to harvest confluent cell sheets for tissue engineering. The prospect of clinical use imposes the utilization of culture medium free of bovine serum, thus suggesting conjugation with adhesion peptides containing
Shahrzad Rayatpisheh et al.
Macromolecular bioscience, 12(7), 937-945 (2012-04-27)
A new method for ultrathin grafting of pNIPAm on PDMS surfaces is introduced that employs plasma activation of the surface followed by thermal polymerization. This method is optimized for human primary SMC attachment and subsequent intact cell sheet detachment by
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