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
Wu S
(2019)
Self-curing super-stretchable polymer/microgel complex coacervate gels without covalent bond formation.
in Chemical science
Milani A
(2017)
Synthesis of polyacid nanogels: pH-responsive sub-100 nm particles for functionalisation and fluorescent hydrogel assembly
in Soft Matter
Penfold N
(2019)
Thermoreversible Block Copolymer Worm Gels Using Binary Mixtures of PEG Stabilizer Blocks
in Macromolecules
Cui Z
(2016)
Using intra-microgel crosslinking to control the mechanical properties of doubly crosslinked microgels.
in Soft matter
| 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 |