Control of gel swelling and phase separation of weakly charged thermoreversible gels by salt addition

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3840-3847

  Solis, Francisco J ^a,b   Vernon, Brent ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; SALT CONCENTRATION; THERMOREVERSIBLE POLYMER GELS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GELATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUBILITY; SWELLING;

GELS;

EID: 34249728786     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma061960u     Document Type: Article

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