Gelling behavior of PVA or its blends with other polymers in presence of borax and thermochromism in such gel network materials

Journal of Surface Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 233-243

  Naorem, Homendra ^a   Devi, Seram Dushila ^a  

^a MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Didiol cross links; Network materials; Polymer blends; PVA borax hydrogels; Thermochromism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865614336     PISSN: 09701893     EISSN: 09769420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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