Effect of a polymeric additive on the pore-size distribution and shrinking process of a hydrogel network

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 443-450

  Lynch, Isuelt ^a,b   Dawson, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrogels; Macroporous polymers; Pore size distribution; Stimuli sensitive polymers; Structure property relations

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORE SIZE;

HYDROGEL NETWORKS;

POLYMERS;

MICROSPHERE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037430064     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200390011     Document Type: Article

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