Table 1.
Chemical composition of different polymer resins.
| Study | Chemical composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIPAAm (M) | Cross-linker (mM) | Molar ratio of cross-linker to monomer | PI (mM) | PA (mM) | Rhodamine B (mM) | MAPTAC (M) | |
| Curing depth (Section 2.1) | 6.2 | 324 | 0.05 | 47.8 | 4 | 2.1 | — |
| 8 | |||||||
| 12 | |||||||
| 20 | |||||||
| Cross-linker (Molar ratio) (Section 2.2.1) | 6.2 | 65 | 0.01 | 47.8 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| 130 | 0.02 | ||||||
| 195 | 0.03 | ||||||
| 259 | 0.04 | ||||||
| 324 | 0.05 | ||||||
| NIPAAm concentration (Section 2.2.1) | 2.6 | 139 | 0.05 | 20.5 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| 4.4 | 232 | 34.1 | |||||
| 6.2 | 324 | 47.8 | |||||
| 8.0 | 417 | 61.4 | |||||
| 9.7 | 510 | 75.1 | |||||
| Light intensity (Section 2.2.2) | 6.2 | 324 | 0.05 | 47.8 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| Layer thickness (Section 2.2.3) | 6.2 | 324 | 0.05 | 47.8 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| Ionic monomer, MAPTAC (Section 2.2.4) | 6.2 | 324 | 0.05 | 47.8 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| 0.2 | |||||||
| 0.4 | |||||||
| Gripper (Section 2.3) | 6.2 | 324 | 0.05 | 47.8 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| Dumbbell (Section 2.3) | 6.2 | 259 | 0.04 | 47.8 | 12 | 2.1 | — |
| 324 | 0.05 | 0.4 | |||||
Ethanol was used as a solvent for all solutions.