The structures of gels polymerized using a mixed solvent that induces cononsolvency during the free radical polymerization were investigated.N,N -isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) gels were polymerized in water and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) mixtures. The NIPA gels can have homogeneous/heterogeneous structures depending on the mole fraction of DMF, x(D). The NIPA gel synthesized at x(D) = ca. 0.25 was opaque in appearance, and its porous structure was observed by the SEM micrograph; the porous structure is formed as the aggregates of microgels phase-separated due to the cononsolvency. The porous NIPA gels achieve a very rapid shrinking rate in response to the temperature jump, which are desirable for their applications.
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