Molecular simulation study of the effect of cross-linker on the properties of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) hydrogel

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 846-854

  Deshmukh, Sanket ^a,b   Mooney, Damian A ^a   MacElroy, J M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross linker; hydrogels; LCST

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINKERS; CROSSLINKER; DEGREE OF SWELLING; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; LCST; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; METHYLENE BISACRYLAMIDE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE HYDROGELS;

AMIDES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 80052333084     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2011.566608     Document Type: Article

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