Positron annihilation lifetime study of free volume parameters of polyacrylamide gel during volume phase transition caused by pH change in acetone-water mixed solvent

Polymer Gels and Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 367-381

  Ito, Kenji ^a   Ujihiraa, Yusuke ^a   Yamashita, Takashi ^b   Horie, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetone water mixed solvent; Free volume; Hydrogen bond; PAAm; Polyacrylamide; Polymer gel; Positron annihilation; Positronium; Volume phase transition

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; GELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; PH EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHRINKAGE; SOLVENTS; SWELLING; WATER;

POLYACRYLAMIDES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUME SHRINKING;

POLYAMIDES;

EID: 0032178102     PISSN: 09667822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-7822(98)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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