Direct observation of internal structures in poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) chemical gels

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 7093-7099

  Hirokawa, Yoshitsugu ^a   Jinnai, Hiroshi ^a,b   Nishikawa, Yukihiro ^a,c   Okamoto, Takuya ^a,d   Hashimoto, Takeji ^a,e  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ZEON CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYAMIDES;

LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY (LSCM); POLYISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE;

GELS;

EID: 0033204438     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990437v     Document Type: Article

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