Surface structure of polymer gels and pattern formation

Kobunshi Ronbunshu

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 626-634

  Suzuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Microdomain; Microparticles; Network inhomogeneity; Phase coexistence; Phase transition velocity; Poly(n isopropylacylamide) gel; Roughness analysis; Shrinking pattern; Surface structure; Volume phase transition

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; GELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SWELLING;

POLYISOPROPYLACYLAMIDE;

POLYAMIDES;

EID: 0033284786     PISSN: 03862186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/koron.56.626     Document Type: Article

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