Reversible hardness variance as a commonly observable phenomenon for various amphoteric gels

JSME International Journal, Series A: Solid Mechanics and Material Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 579-584

  Tamagawa, Hirohisa ^a   Nogata, Fumio ^a   Watanabe, Toyotaka ^a   Abe, Akinori ^a   Jin, Ji Ye ^a   Popovic, Suzana ^b   Taya, Minoru ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Amphoteric; Anionic; Biomaterials; Cationic; Hardness; Hydrogel; Salt linkages

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS VARIANCE;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; HARDNESS; IONIC STRENGTH; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GELS;

HARDNESS;

EID: 0036821925     PISSN: 13447912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmea.45.579     Document Type: Article

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