Drying of films formed by ordered poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide) block copolymer gels

Langmuir

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1806-1817

  Gu, Zhiyong ^a   Alexandridis, Paschalis ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRYING RATE; FILM FORMATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH);

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFUSION; DRYING; HYDROGELS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES;

PLASTIC FILMS;

POLOXAMER; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEL;

DIFFUSION; HYDROGELS; POLOXAMER; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 14844323620     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0495130     Document Type: Article

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