Optical characterization of co-nonsolvency effects in thin responsive PNIPAAm-based gel layers exposed to ethanol/water mixtures

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1018-1025

  Anac, Ilke ^a   Aulasevich, Alena ^a   Junk, Matthias J N ^a   Jakubowicz, Piotr ^a   Roskamp, Robert F ^a   Menges, Bernhard ^a,b   Jonas, Ulrich ^a,c   Knoll, Wolfgang ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^d AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gels; Refractive index; Stimuli sensitive polymers; Swelling; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKED; GEL FILMS; GEL LAYERS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE COPOLYMERS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SPECTROSCOPIES; PNIPAAM; PURE WATER; SOLVENT QUALITY; STIMULI-SENSITIVE POLYMERS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; THIN GEL FILM; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WKB ANALYSIS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; ETHANOL; LIGHT REFRACTION; METALLIC FILMS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SWELLING; THIN FILMS;

GELS;

EID: 77951876286     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: 15213935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200900533     Document Type: Article

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