Tahir, Fatima, Begum, Robina, Wu, Weitai, Irfan, Ahmad and Farooqi, Zahoor H 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3200-2935
(2021)
Physicochemical aspects of inorganic nanoparticles stabilized in <i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam based microgels for various applications.
RSC ADVANCES, 11 (2).
pp. 978-995.
Abstract
The vinyl caprolactam (VCL) based microgel system has become the center of great attention due to its versatile properties. Copolymerization of VCL with an ionic monomer imparts pH responsive properties into the microgel system in addition to thermo-sensitivity. Stimuli responsive behavior of VCL-based microgels makes them prospective and appealing candidates for practical applications covering the fields of drug delivery, catalysis and optical devices. In the last few years, VCL-based microgels have been used as microreactors and stabilizers for the synthesis and stabilization of inorganic nanoparticles to obtain hybrid microgels. The present review article provides a summary of the present-day progress of fabrication, stabilization, categorization and analysis of VCL-based microgels and their hybrids with different morphologies. The stimuli responsive properties and applications of VCL-based hybrid microgels have been reviewed critically. The remaining problems which need to be addressed have been pointed out for further advancement in this field.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nanotechnology, Bioengineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2021 15:01 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2024 09:25 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d0ra09327k |
| Open Access URL: | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3136238 |
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