Cooperative Poly(ethylene glycol) Dehydration and Ion-Dependent Electrostatic Interactions Drive Thermally Irreversible Polyion Complex Flower Micelle Hydrogels.
Thermoresponsive hydrogels based on flower-micelle assemblies that undergo gelation upon heating are attractive as injectable soft materials. We previously reported that Redox Injectable Gels (RIGs), formed from polyion complex (PIC) flower micelles, exhibit unusually high stiffness together with thermally irreversible...