ABSTRACT
Stimulus-responsive or “smart” polymer gels undergo sharp, often discontinuous conformational transitions under small changes of external conditions, such as pH, ionic strength, the action of light, electric current, mechanical
DADMAC
N
,
N
-diallyl-
N
,
N
-dimethylammonium chloride
DEAEMA
N
,
N
-diethylaminoethylmethacrylate
DMVP
1,2-dimethyl-5-vinylpyridinium methyl sulfate
DTPP
(2,6-diphenyl-4-[2,4,6-triphenylpyridinio]) phenolate
IPN
interpenetrated networks
MAA
methacrylic acid
MADQUAT
2(methacryloyloxy)-ethyltrimethylammonium chloride
MAPTAC
(methacrylamidopropyl)-trimethylammonium chloride
MONT
montmorillonite
NAD
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NIPAM
N
-isopropylacrylamide
N-VC
N
-vinylcaprolactam
N-VI
N
-vinylimidazole
N-VP
N
-vinylpyrrolidone
PA
polyampholytes
PAA
poly(acrylic acid)
PAH
poly(allylamine hydrochloride)
PAM
poly(acrylamide)
PDADMAC
poly(
N
,
N
-diallyl-
N
,
N
-dimethylammonium chloride)
PDEAAM
poly(
N
,
N
-diethylacrylamide)
PHEMA
poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate)
PIB
l-polyisobutylene
PMAA
poly(methacrylic acid)
PNIPAM
poly(
N
-isopropylacrylamide)
PSA
poly(sodium acrylate)
PSC
polyelectrolyte gel-surfactant complex
PSMA
poly(sodium methacrylate)
PSS
poly(styrene sulfonate)
PVC
poly(
N
-vinylcaprolactam)
PVME
poly(vinylmethyl ether)
PVP
poly(
N
-vinylpyrrolidone)
PVT
poly(
N
-vinyltriazole)
Py4
1,3,6,8-pyrenetetrasulfonate sodium salt
SA
sodium acrylate
SMA
sodium methacrylate
SSS
sodium styrene sulfonate
VAEE
vinyl 2-aminoethyl ether
VBT
vinyl benzyl trimethylammonium chloride
force, etc.