Swelling of ionic and non-ionic minigels

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 343, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Suarez, Ivan J ^a   Sierra Martin, Benjamin ^a   Fernandez Barbero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imidazolium minigels; Poly N isopropylacrylamide; Water self diffusion

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; DIFFUSION; SWELLING;

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; IMIDAZOLIUM; IMIDAZOLIUM MINIGELS; MICRO-GELS; NONIONIC; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POLY-N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; SELF-DIFFUSION; TANAKA'S MODEL;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

POLY N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HISTOGRAM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67349277680     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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