Nanostructured gels for intervertebral disc load support and directed regeneration
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Steven Armes (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Cui Z
(2016)
A study of conductive hydrogel composites of pH-responsive microgels and carbon nanotubes
in Soft Matter
Cui Z
(2016)
Using intra-microgel crosslinking to control the mechanical properties of doubly crosslinked microgels.
in Soft matter
Lovett J
(2018)
Can percolation theory explain the gelation behavior of diblock copolymer worms?
in Chemical Science
Lovett J
(2014)
pH-Responsive Non-Ionic Diblock Copolymers: Ionization of Carboxylic Acid End-Groups Induces an Order-Order Morphological Transition
in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Lovett J
(2014)
pH-Responsive Non-Ionic Diblock Copolymers: Ionization of Carboxylic Acid End-Groups Induces an Order-Order Morphological Transition
in Angewandte Chemie
Lovett JR
(2016)
A Robust Cross-Linking Strategy for Block Copolymer Worms Prepared via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly.
in Macromolecules
Milani A
(2017)
Synthesis of polyacid nanogels: pH-responsive sub-100 nm particles for functionalisation and fluorescent hydrogel assembly
in Soft Matter
Milani A
(2017)
Anisotropic pH-Responsive Hydrogels Containing Soft or Hard Rod-Like Particles Assembled Using Low Shear
in Chemistry of Materials
| Description | We have discovered how to make anisotropic gels, disulphide-functionalised gels, cross-linked worm gels and hydrolytically degradable worms |
| Exploitation Route | Not sure at this stage, but we are planning to submit a follow-on EPSRC grant proposal in 2018 |
| Sectors | Chemicals Healthcare |