Various Functional And Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel Based On Polyaspartamides

Polyaspartamides are amide derivatives of biodegradable poly(aspartic acid), the thermal polycondensate of aspartic acid, which have been investigated as carriers for macromolecular prodrugs, platforms for many functional polymers and gels, and macromolecular nano-assemblies for drug delivery system. In this chapter, various different stimuli-responsive (temperature, pH, ion, redox, CO2, etc.), physical and chemical, hydrogel systems based on polyaspartamides will be reviewed with interests for the development of various smart biomaterials and industrial polymeric gels.