Fractal structures of the hydrogels formed in situ from poly(N -isopropylacrylamide) microgel dispersions

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 10873-10880

  Liao, Wang ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Guan, Ying ^a   Zhu, X X ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION MECHANISM; COLLOIDAL GELS; DIFFUSION LIMITED; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU; INORGANIC SALTS; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROGEL; MICROGEL PARTICLES; MODEL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE VALUES; POLY(N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE) (PNIPAM); RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SOFT PARTICLES; TRANSITION REGIMES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSIONS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GELATION; GELS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

HYDROGELS;

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

ACRYLAMIDES; GELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864356275     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3016386     Document Type: Article

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