Self-assembly active hydrogels

Electrode surfaces can be modified by redox polyelectrolytes via a sol-gel process, yielding random redox hydrogels or by layer-by-layer self-assembly of different redox and nonredox polyelectrolytes by alternate electrostatic adsorption from solutions containing the polyelectrolytes to produce highly organized redox-active ultrathin multilayers. 

Optically active polymers show another properties namely thermosensitivity, e.g., main chains helical poly(iV-isopropylacrylamide) and thermosensitive part as side chain of poly(A -isopropylacrylamide) (PNlPAm). Such type of polymers synthetic method described elsewhere [137]. The polymer with optically active cores (helical polyacetylenes) and thermosensitive shells (PNlPAm) brashes self-assembled core/shell structured nanoparticles in aqueous solution. Another example of optically active polymer is poly[/V-(L)-(l-hydroxymethyl)-pro-pylmethacrylamide] (P(l-HMPMA)) of lower critical solution temperature and thermosensitivity. Circular dichroism and microcalorimetric measurements of the polymer showed the polymer chains in a state of relatively low hydration compared to that of by racemate synthesized monomers by free-radical reaction formed P(d,l-HMPMA). Thermosensitivity and structural effects were obtained by microscopic observation of aqueous solution of polymers and its hydrogels [138]. 

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