Discontinuous crossover between fast and slow kinetics at the volume phase transition in poly-N-isopropylacrylamide gels

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8 B, 2000, Pages

  Okajima, Takaharu ^a   Harada, Ichiro ^a   Nishio, Kazufumi ^a   Hirotsu, Shunsuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYAMIDES; REACTION KINETICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

POLYISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE;

GELS;

EID: 0034244867     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.l875     Document Type: Article

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