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The copolymer microgels that we chose as carrier systems exhibit a volume phase transition temperature of 39 \u2218C, which is just above normal body temperature and makes them ideal candidates for hyperthermia treatment. While a simple loading route of CBD was not successful due to the enormous hydrophobicity of CBD, an alternative route was developed by immersing the microgels in ethanol. Despite the expected loss of thermoresponsive behaviour of the microgel matrix due to the solvent exchange, a temperature-dependent release of CBD was detected by the material, creating an interesting question of interactions between CBD and the microgel particles in ethanol. Furthermore, the method developed for loading of the microgel particles with CBD in ethanol was further improved by a subsequent transfer of the loaded particles into water, which proves to be an even more promising approach due to the successful temperature-dependent release of the drug above the collapse temperature of the microgels.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26113181","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,26]],"date-time":"2021-05-26T21:56:44Z","timestamp":1622066204000},"page":"3181","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Temperature Controlled Loading and Release of the Anti-Inflammatory Drug Cannabidiol by Smart Microgels"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3590-0108","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maxim","family":"Dirksen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Timo Alexander","family":"Kinder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cannovum AG, Rheinsberger Str. 76\/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5228-1439","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Timo","family":"Br\u00e4ndel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany"},{"name":"Daikin Chemical Europe GmbH, Am Wehrhahn 50, 40211 D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2394-5846","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Hellweg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.accounts.6b00544","article-title":"Functional Microgels and Microgel Systems","volume":"50","author":"Plamper","year":"2017","journal-title":"Acc. 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