New UV LED curing approach for polyacrylamide and poly(: N -isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels

• Main Authors: Ayub, N. F., Hashim, S., Jamaluddin, J., Adrus, N.
• Format: Article
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76994/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021765793&doi=10.1039%2fc7nj00176b&partnerID=40&md5=fc0dc3159f9a7469dee9ef2f680164ea

When a UV LED was used, the energy generated from its light source triggered photopolymerization to directly convert acrylamide and N-isopropylacrylamide monomers to polyacrylamide and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels, respectively. As compared to UV mercury lamps, a UV LED has more concentrate...