Control of Molecular Transport Through Stimuli‐Responsive Ordered Mesoporous Materials

Qiang Fu(University of New Mexico), G. V. Rama Rao(University of New Mexico), Linnea K. Ista(University of New Mexico), Yang Wu(University of New Mexico), Brett Andrzejewski(University of New Mexico), Larry A. Sklar(University of New Mexico), Timothy L. Ward(University of New Mexico), Gabriel P. López
Advanced Materials
August 5, 2003
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Abstract

External and reversible control of the size and surface energy of the pores in mesoporous architectures has been achieved. The method involves modification of mesoporous silica by atom transfer radical polymerization of N ‐isopropyl acrylamide (the precursor to a stimuli‐ responsive polymer). The resulting polymer‐grafted particles allow the adsorption and transport of molecular species to be dynamically controlled as illustrated in the Figure for the release of rhodamine 6G from the particles at 50 °C.


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