N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM)/maleic acid (MA) copolymeric hydrogels were prepared by irradiating the ternary mixtures of NIPAAM/MA/Water by g-rays at ambient temperature. The influence of external stimuli such as pH and temperature of the swelling media on the equilibrium swelling properties was investigated. The hydrogels showed both temperature and pH responses. The effect of comonomer conc...

A series of homopolymeric and copolymeric hydrogels containing the N-isopropylacrylamide and vinyl monomers with α-amino acid (L-valine and L-phenylalanine) residues have been synthesized and their swelling properties were evaluated under different external stimulations. The hydrogels, obtained with different cross-linking agents (EBA and PEG-DA), have shown unique properties such as biocompati...

Curcumin is a polyphenolic compound, derived from Curcuma longa, and it has several pharmacological effects such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor. Although pleiotropic molecule, curcumin’s free form, which lipophilic, low bioavailability rapidly metabolized, limiting its clinical use. With the advances in techniques for loading curcumin into nanostructures, possible to improve exten...

Abstract This work focuses on investigating the feasibility of using a crosslinked amidoximated copolymeric hydrogel as potential adsorbent to recover uranium and thorium ions from aqueous media. The was synthesized via gamma-irradiation copolymerization characterized through FTIR, TGA, SEM. medium acidity notably affected adsorption capacity both ions. data in line with pseudo-1st-order equati...

The self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into a nanostructure with novel morphology and property has attracted an increasing interest as a new approach for materials science, chemical synthesis, and nanofabrication [1,2]. Recently, rod-coil block copolymers have received a great deal of attention since they offer an attractive strategy for the organization of many highly functional rod-like...