Updated www.thermogels.com content

Thermogelation is that funky little property of some polymers which, counter-intuitively, solidify aqeous solutions upon warming. This one is particularly strong for some of PolySciTech's products such as Polyvivo AK12, AK24, and AK36.  To better explain this property there is now a website http://thermogels.com/ which describes how some of these polymers gel and how that can be useful.

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NOTE: mPEG-PCL (AK036) thermogelation properties vary depending on storage time and also conditions such as warming, etc. which lead to self-crystallization of the PCL chains. This material may work as a thermogel but its performance is unreliable. If the batch you have is not thermogelling dissolve in organic solvent (DCM) and dry off quickly to reset polymer chain configuration.  

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