Johnson, Luke, Gray, Dominic M, Niezabitowska, Edyta and McDonald, Tom O 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9273-9173
(2021)
Multi-stimuli-responsive aggregation of nanoparticles driven by the manipulation of colloidal stability.
NANOSCALE, 13 (17).
pp. 7879-7896.
Abstract
The capacity to control the dispersed or aggregated state of colloidal particles is particularly attractive for facilitating a diverse range of smart applications. For this reason, stimuli-responsive nanoparticles have garnered much attention in recent years. Colloidal systems that exhibit multi-stimuli-responsive behaviour are particularly interesting materials due to the greater spatial and temporal control they display in terms of dispersion/aggregation status; such behaviour can be exploited for implant formation, easy separation of a previously dispersed material or for the blocking of unwanted pores. This review will provide an overview of the recent publications regarding multi-stimuli-responsive microgels and hybrid core-shell nanoparticles. These polymer-based nanoparticles are highly sensitive to environmental conditions and can form aggregated clusters due to a loss of colloidal stability, triggered by temperature, pH and ionic strength stimuli. We aim to provide the reader with a discussion of the recent developments in this area, as well as an understanding of the fundamental concepts which underpin the responsive behaviour, and an exploration of their applications.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2021 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2023 17:18 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d1nr01190a |
| Open Access URL: | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3136233 |
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