Thermosensitive Hydrogels and Microgels Based on N-isopropylacrylamide and Acrylamide with Incorporated Magnetite

Abstract

Hydrogels with magnetic properties (ferrogels) are very promising for medical application, first of all, for the design of targeted delivery systems with controlled release of drugs and for magnetic hyperthermia and could be obtained using different techniques (ex- and in-situ syntheses). The present work is devoted to the study of magnetite (Fe3O4) formation inside the nanoreactors of (co)polymeric gels (hydrogels and mi-crogels) based on the derivatives of acrylic acid: N-isopropylacrylamide, acrylamide, and N,N-methylenbisacrylamide (crosslinking agent). Influence of hydrophilic–lipophilic balance of (co)polymeric templates, temperature, pH and concentration of iron cations on the magnetite formation inside polymeric matrixes were investigated along with the development of ferrogel preparation technique. Physical and chemical properties of obtained ferrogels have been studied with gravimetric analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, optical and transmission microscopies, IR spec-troscopy, etc. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/35445