• Advances in materials Research
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.269-284
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• 2012

Thermoresponsive hydrogels based on N-Isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and 2-Hydroxyethylacrylate (HEA) were prepared by free radical polymerization. The hydrogels were characterized by elemental (CHN) analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). DSC thermogram showed two endothermic transitions which are due to hydration of water present in different environments. One near $0^{\circ}C$ called melting transition of ice and was used to calculate the quantitative determination of the amounts of freezing and non freezing water. The other transition above the ambient temperature was due to the combination of hydrophobic hydration and hydrophilic hydration which changes with the copolymer compositions. Swelling and deswelling studies of the hydrogels were carried out using the aqueous media, salt and urea solutions. The experimental results from swelling studies revealed that copolymers have lower rates of swelling and deswelling than the homopolymer.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 2004년도 Proceedings of the second conference of aseanian membrane society
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• pp.191-194
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• 2004

A novel type of intelligent microcapsule reactor system was prepared. The reactor can recognize pH change in the medea and control reaction rate by itself. For the reactor system, acrylic acid (AA), N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), and glucose oxidase (GOD) were selected as a pH-responsive device, a gating device according and a reaction device, respectively. Poly(NIPAM-co-AA) (P-NIPAM-co-AA) are known to change its hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity due to pH change. They were integrated in a core-shell microcapsule space. GOD was loaded inside the core space and the pores in the outside shell layer were filled with P-NIPAM-co-AA linear grafted chains as pH-responsive gates by plasma graft filling polymerization method. When P-NIPAM-co-AA gates are hydrophilic at high pH value, this microcapsule permits glucose penetration into the core space and GOD reaction proceeds. However, when P-NIPAM-co-AA gates are hydrophobic at low pH value, this microcapsule forbids glucose penetration and GOD reaction will not occur. The accuracy of this concept was examined.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.550-552
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• 2006

Periosteum-derived progenitor cells (PDPCs) were isolated using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter and their chondrogenic potential in biomaterials was investigated for the treatment of defective articular cartilage as a cell therapy. The chondrogenesis of PDPCs was conducted in a thermoreversible gelation polymer (TGP), which is a block copolymer composed of temperature-responsive polymer blocks such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and of hydrophilic polymer blocks such as polyethylene oxide, and a defined medium that contained transforming growth $factor-{\beta}3\;(TGF-{\beta}3)$. The PDPCs exhibited chondrogenic potential when cultured in TGP. As the PDPCs-TGP is an acceptable biocompatible complex appropriate for injection into humans, this product might be readily applied to minimize invasion in a defected knee.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.667-669
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• 2007

This letter presents a smart integrated microfluidic device which can be applied to actively immobilize proteins on demand. The active component in the device is a temperature-controllable microelectrode array with a smart polymer film, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) which can be thermally switched between hydrophilic and hydrophobic states. It is integrated into a micro hot diaphragm having an integrated micro heater and temperature sensors on a 2-micrometer-thick silicon oxide/silicon nitride/silicon oxide (O/N/O) template. Only 36 mW is required to heat the large template area of 2 mm${\times}$16 mm to $40^{\circ}C$ within 1 second. To relay the stimulus-response activity to the microelectrode surface, the interface is modified with a smart polymer. For a model biomolecular affinity test, an anti-6-(2, 4-dinitrophenyl) aminohexanoic acid (DNP) antibody protein immobilization on the microelectrodes is demonstrated by fluorescence patterns.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.264-268
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• 2001

Aggregates of specific cells are often regarded as better from in artificial organs and mammalian cell bioreactors in terms of cell-specific functionality. In this study, the morphology and liver specific functions of freshly harvested primary rat hepatocytes, which were cultivated as spheroids and entrapped in a synthetic thermo-reversible extracellular matrix, were examined and compared to a control (hepatocytes in single cell form). A copolymer of N-isopropylacrylamide(98 mole % in feed) and acrylic acid (poly (NiPAAm-co-AAC)), a thermo- reversible copolymer gel ma- trix, was used to entrap hepatocytes either in spheroids or single cells. During a 7-day culture pe-riod, the spheroids maintained higher viability and produced albumin and urea at a relatively con-stant rate, while, the single cell culture showed a slight increase in cell numbers and a reduction in albumin secretion Hepatocytes cultrured as spheroids present a potentially useful three-dimensional cell culture system for application in bioartificial liver device.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.294-299
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• 2005

온도응답성 고분자인 PIPAAm을 포토마스크를 사용하여 전자빔조사에 의해 패턴상으로 세포배양용 폴리스티렌 접시표면에 그래프트하였다. 폴리스티렌 표면에의 PIPAAm의 그래프트는 AIR-FTIR과 ESCA에 의한 표면분석을 통해 확인하였다. 이러한 표면에 간실질세포를 $37^{circ}C$에서 배양하였고, 균일하게 간세포가 배양된 배양접시를 PIPAAm의 LCST 이하인 $20^{circ}C$로 배양온도를 낮추어 PIPAAm이 그래프트된 도메인에 접착된 간실질세포를 탈착시키고 배양접시를 다시 $37^{circ}C$로 올린 후 두 번째 세포인 혈관내피세포를 파종하여 PIPAAm이 그래프트된 도메인에만 선택적으로 접착시킴으로써 같은 평면상에서 간실질세포와 혈관내피세포를 공배양할 수 있게 되었다. 이러한 방법으로 생체외에서 간실질세포와 혈관내피세포를 장기간에 걸쳐 공배양할 수 있었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.359-365
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• 2008

전기방사법에 의해 미생물 유래의 나노섬유 부직포를 제조하였고, 전자선조사에 의해 나노섬유상에 poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)(PIPAAm)을 그래프트함으로써 온도응답성 나노섬유표면을 제조하였다. 얻어진 나노섬유는 랜덤하게 배열되었으며 평균직경이 400 nm이었다. ATR-FTIR 및 ESCA 분석에 의해서 PIPAAm이 나노섬유 표면에 성공적으로 그래프트되었음을 확인하였다. PIPAAm을 그래프트 하지 않은 표면에서는 물접촉각의 변화가 없었으나, PIPAAm이 그래프트된 나노섬유 표면에서는 온도가 $37^{\circ}C$에서 $20^{\circ}C$로 바뀜에 따라 물접촉각이 감소하였다. 이러한 결과는 PIPAAm이 그래프트된 표면에서 높은 온도에서는 소수성의 특성을 가지다가, 낮은 온도에서는 PIPAAm 사슬이 수화되면서 친수성으로 바뀌었기 때문이다. 제조한 온도응답성 나노섬유는 조직적합성이 우수하였으며, 저온처리에 의해 배양세포가 원활히 탈착 회수됨을 알 수 있었다.