Poly (N-Isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-Based Etalons for Optical Sensing

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Hu, L.
  • Serpe, M. J.

• Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) is one of the most completely studied “smart” polymers due to its unique reversible thermoresponsivity. That is, when pNIPAm in water is heated > ~31°C, it transits from a random coil to a globule conformation; this transition is reversed when T < ~31°C. This conformational change is accompanied by water exchange process. When pNIPAm undergoes the coil to globule transition, water is expelled, while water is “sorbed” when the polymer undergoes the opposite process.

• Date created

  2012-05-09

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Photonic Materials
  • Etalons
  • Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
  • Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-Based Microgels
  • Sensors and Biosensors

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-xh1z-p452

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International