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Confined Smart Hydrogels for Applications in Chemomechanical Sensors for Physiological Monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Jules J. Magda ,
Genyao Lin ,
Prashant Tathireddy ,
Michael Orthner ,
Florian Solzbacher ,
Volker Schulz  and
Margarita Guenther
Jules J. Magda
Affiliation:
jj.magda@utah.edu
Genyao Lin
Affiliation:
Genyao.lin@utah.edu, university of utah, salt lake city, Utah, United States
Prashant Tathireddy
Affiliation:
p.tathireddy@utah.edu, university of utah, salt lake city, Utah, United States
Michael Orthner
Affiliation:
mpo1@utah.edu, university of utah, salt lake city, Utah, United States
Florian Solzbacher
Affiliation:
florian.solzbacher@utah.edu, university of utah, salt lake city, Utah, United States
Volker Schulz
Affiliation:
Volker.Schulz@mailbox.tu-dresden.de, Technische Universitat Dresden, dresden, Germany
Margarita Guenther
Affiliation:
mguenthe@mail.zih.tu-dresden.de, Technische Universitat Dresden, dresden, Germany
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Abstract

A “smart” hydrogel is a crosslinked polymer network that reversibly swells and absorbs water in response to an external stimulus such as change in pH or in the concentration of some analyte such as glucose. Microscopically-thin smart hydrogels can be combined with microfabricated piezoresistive pressure transducers to obtain “chemomechanical sensors” that serve as selective and versatile wireless biomedical sensors. Proof-of-concept is shown here using glucose- and pH-responsive hydrogels.

Keywords

sensorpolymerbiomedical
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1234: Symposium QQ – Responsive Gels and Biopolymer Assemblies , 2009 , 1234-QQ01-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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