Hydrogels based on acrylic acid-co-vinyl-isobutyl ether and their complex formation properties

Nowadays the hydrophilic polymeric networks (polymer hydrogels) due to the complex of benefit physico-chemical properties attract a wide attention of specialists working in various fields of science, medicine and technology. The special attention of chemists is aimed on so-called stimuli-sensitive or intelligent hydrogels, which can undergo a volume phase transition in response to change in environmental parameters such as temperature, pH, solvent composition, etc [1]. Scientific group of Kazak State National University, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry works in this field [2-5]. Here we report about our achievements on pH-sensitive hydrogens.