Lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels as super-absorbent polymers for nonpolar organic solvents

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 429-433

  Ono, Toshikazu ^a   Sugimoto, Takahiro ^a   Shinkai, Seiji ^a   Sada, Kazuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SWELLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ABSORBENT POLYMERS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; LIPOPHILIC POLYELECTROLYTE GELS; NONPOLAR ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

GELS;

EID: 34249892437     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1904     Document Type: Article

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