Kathrin Eckert, Christin Jelisa Bonsen, Anja Hajnal, and Prof. Irina Smirnova (Institute for Thermal Separation Processes, TUHH), Johannes Gmeiner, Jonah Hasse, and Prof. Gerrit Luinstra (Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, UHH), Dr. Patrick Kißling (Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, TUHH), Muhammad Adrian and Prof. Alexander Penn (Institute of Process Imaging, TUHH), and Julian Karsten and Prof. Bodo Fiedler (Institute of Polymers and Composites, TUHH) present a study on solvent-induced swelling of stimuli-responsive lyogels, comparing homopolymers and semi-IPNs in organic solvents. It is shown that increasing chemical and physical crosslinking enhances mechanical stability and transport properties but slows swelling response and reduces capacity. Solvent properties significantly affect swelling kinetics, highlighting formulation–structure–solvent interplay for tailored applications.
Congratulations on these exciting results and excellent collaboration!
Eckert, Kathrin M.; Bonsen, Jelisa; Hajnal, Anja; Gmeiner, Johannes; Hasse, Jonah; Adrian, Muhammad; Karsten, Julian; Kißling, Patrick A.; Penn, Alexander; Fiedler, Bodo; Luinstra, Gerrit A.; Smirnova, Irina (2025). Enhancing swelling kinetics of pNIPAM lyogels: The role of crosslinking, copolymerization, and solvent. Fluid Phase Equilibria 597, 114462.
