Nanocomposite hydrogel with high toughness for bioactuators

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1712-1715

  Shin, Min Kyoon ^a   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^b   Shin, Su Ryon ^a   Kim, Sun I ^a   Kim, Seon Jeong ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ELECTRODES; BIOACTUATORS; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; FERRITIN PROTEIN; HIGH TOUGHNESS; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY; HYBRID HYDROGELS; MATRIX; NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS; NANOSPRINGS; PH SWITCHING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; DISSOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEEDLES; SYRINGES;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 66149143127     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200802205     Document Type: Article

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