Hydrogels are three-dimensional porous polymeric networks prepared by physical or
chemical cross-linking of hydrophilic molecules, which can be made into smart materials …

In the past two decades, we have witnessed significant progress in develo** high
performance stimuli-responsive polymeric materials. This review focuses on recent …

Pressure is a key variable in the phase behavior of responsive polymers, both for
applications and from a fundamental point of view. In this feature article, we review recent …

Introduction Controlled drug delivery through hydrogels is generally limited by the poor
barrier that polymeric network can create to diffusion mechanism. Stimuli responsive …

A fascinating approach for the instantaneous synthesis of citric acid as a low molecular
weight gelator and zinc ion based metallogel through one-shot mixing in N, N-dimethyl …

Water soluble cationic polyelectrolytes, composed of chargeable basic monomers, make up
one major subclass of stimuli-responsive polymer brushes. They have displayed potential in …

The use of smart colloidal microgels for advanced applications critically depends on their
response kinetics. We use pressure jump small angle neutron scattering with supreme time …

In the 1980s, Helmuth Möhwald studied lipid monolayers at the air/water interface to
understand the thermodynamically characterized phases at the molecular level. In …

Neutron reflectometry is the foremost technique for in situ determination of the volume
fraction profiles of polymer brushes at planar interfaces. However, the subtle features in the …

Lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behaviour of an imidazolium-based ionic
liquid is reported, which can be controlled by concentration, the choice of cation, anion and …