%0 Journal Article
%T Thermo-Responsive Hydrogels for Stimuli-Responsive Membranes
%A Evan Mah
%A Raja Ghosh
%J Processes
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/pr1030238
%X Composite membranes with stimuli-responsive properties can be made by coating a thermo-responsive hydrogel onto a micro- or macroporous support. These hydrogels undergo a temperature induced volume-phase transition, which contributes towards the composite membrane¡¯s stimuli-responsive properties. This paper reviews research done on complimentary forms of temperature responsive ¡°thermophilic¡± hydrogels, those exhibiting positive volume-phase transitions in aqueous solvent. The influences of intermolecular forces on the mechanism of phase-transition are discussed along with case examples of typical thermophilic hydrogels.
%K membrane coating
%K thermo-responsive material
%K positive volume-phase transition
%K hydrogel
%K stimuli-responsive membrane
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/1/3/238