An energy-saving method of heating for a chemomechanical poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gel with Joule's heat

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-31

  Kato, Norihiro ^a   Morito, Takahiro ^a   Takahashi, Fujio ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemomechanical device; Joule's heat; Poly(N isopropylacrylamide) gel; Stimuli responsive gel; Thermosensitive hydrogel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC HEAT TREATMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYAMIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS ANALYSIS; SWELLING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHEMOMECHANICAL DEVICES; POLYISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; THERMOSENSITIVITY;

HYDROGELS;

HEATING;

EID: 0032173314     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4931(98)00032-0     Document Type: Article

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