A quantitative study of the rapid shrinking kinetics of sub-millimetre N-isopropylacrylamide gels

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2103-2108

  Lynch, Iseult ^a   Gorelov, Alexander ^a   Dawson, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE);

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033136682     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a809794a     Document Type: Article

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