Volume phase transition of swollen gels: Discontinuous or continuous?

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 574-576

  Wu, Chi ^a   Zhou, Shuiqin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHRINKAGE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROGELS; POLYISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VOLUME CHANGE;

GELS;

EID: 0031079211     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma960499a     Document Type: Article

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