Chemoresponsive polymers

Kuksenok, O., Yashin, V.V., and Balazs, A.C. (2008) Three-dimensional model for chemoresponsive polymer gels undergoing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Phys. Rev. E, 78(4), 041406. 

Loveless DM, Jeon SL, Craig SL. Chemoresponsive viscosity switching of a metaUo-supra-molecular polymer network near the percolation threshold. J Mater Chem 2007 17 56-61. 

There are numerous examples of polymer surfaces that react with a change of their properties when brought into contact with certain species. These trigger species can be low molar mass molecules (chemoresponsive) or complex biomolecules like DNA or proteins (bioresponsive). Both types of responsive surfaces exist in several varieties depending on their mode of action and the parameter that they affect. 

Recent work has investigated conductive polymers [69,70], sol-gels [71], and chemoresponsive dyes [72] for use as the gas-sensitive transduction medium in fiber optic sensors. In general, fiber optic sensors can be divided into two different sensing architectures extrinsic and intrinsic. If the transduction of the chemical signal into an optical signal occurs within the fiber... 

Massari, A. M. Stevenson, K. J. Hupp, J. T. Development and application of patterned conducting polymer thin films as chemoresponsive and electrochemically responsive optical diffraction gratings. J. Electroanal. Chem. 2001, 500, 185-191. 

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