Intelligent Hydrogels, 2014
Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science Series, Vol. 140

Thermodynamic Modeling of Hydrogel Systems.- Influence of salt and pH on the Swelling Equilibrium of Ionizable N-IPAAm based Hydrogels: Experimental Results and Modeling.- Swelling Behaviour of Functionalized Hydrogels for Application in Chemical Sensors.- Modeling and Simulation of Hydrogels for the Application as Bending Actuators.- Calculating Structural Properties of Reversibly Cross-Linked Polymer Systems using Self-Consistent Field Theory.- Poly-NIPAM Microgels with different Cross-Linker Densities: Scaling Behavior of the Network Fluctuations in the Vicinity of the Volume Phase Transition.- Müller-Buschbaum, Laschewsky, Papadakis: Thermo-Responsive Amphiphilic Di- and Triblock Copolymers Based on Poly and Poly Aggregation and Hydrogel Formation in Bulk Solution and in Thin Films.- Supramolecular Chromaticity and Thermo­responsive Hydrogels - A Self-assembly Study on Maleamic Acid-Based Amphiphiles.- Poly-NIPAM Microgels with different Cross-Linker Densities: Scaling Behavior of the Network Fluctuations in the Vicinity of the Volume Phase Transition Thermo-Responsive Amphiphilic Di- and Triblock Copolymers Based on Poly and Poly Aggregation and Hydrogel Formation in Bulk Solution and in Thin Films.- Supramolecular Chromaticity and Thermo­responsive Hydrogels - A Self-assembly Study on Maleamic Acid-Based Amphiphiles.- Relaxation Mechanisms of Physical Hydrogels Networks.- A Versatile Non-Invasive Tool for the Monitoring of Phase Transitions and the Estimation of Effective Pore Sizes of Supramolecular Hydrogels.- Water desalination via poly hydrogels usingmechanical forces: experiments and simulations.- Hydrophobically covered Hydrogels: Preparation Approaches and possible Applications.- Tracer Mobility in Aqueous Poly grafted Networks: Effect of Interactions and Permanent Crosslinks.- Molecular Simulations of Hydrogels.- Temperature-Sensitive Composite Hydrogels: Coupling between Gel Matrix and Embedded Nano- and Microgels.- In-Situ Generation of Gold, Platinum and Palladium Nanoparticles in N-Isopropylacrylamide-Surfmer Copolymer Hydrogels and Catalytic Activity of the Gels.- Magnetomechanical and Magnetothermal Coupling in Ferrohydrogels.- Tailored Macromolecules versus Nanoparticles for Mechanical Reinforcement of sP Hydrogels.- Core-shell Microgels as Nanoreactors.- Visualization of hydrogel shrinkage due to ion replacement by 27Al and 23Na magnetic resonance imaging.