Effects of internal microstructures of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels on thermo-responsive volume phase-transition and controlled-release characteristics

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1767-1774

  Ju, Xiao Jie ^a   Chu, Liang Yin ^a   Zhu, Xiao Li ^a   Hu, Lin ^a   Song, Hang ^a   Chen, Wen Mei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYAMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HETEROGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; RESPONSIVENESS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 33846076647     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/6/031     Document Type: Article

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