Impregnation of weakly charged anionic microhydrogels with cationic polyelectrolytes and their swelling properties monitored by a high resolution interferometric technique. Transformation from a polyelectrolyte to polyampholyte hydrogel

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1949-1959

  Gawel, Kamila ^a   Gao, Ming ^a   Stokke, Bjørn Torger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antipolyelectrolyte effect; Hydrogel; Polyampholyte; Polyelectrolyte; Polymer deposition; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ALEXA FLUOR; ANTIPOLYELECTROLYTE EFFECT; CATIONIC POLYELECTROLYTE; COMPOSITE SOFT MATERIALS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DEPOSITION PROCESS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU; INTERFEROMETRIC DATA; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; IONIC HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR PARAMETERS; NM RESOLUTION; OPTICAL LENGTH; POLYALLYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE; POLYAMPHOLYTE HYDROGEL; POLYAMPHOLYTES; POLYANIONICS; POLYCATIONS; POLYMER DEPOSITION; SWELLING PROPERTIES;

CHITOSAN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMPREGNATION; INTERFEROMETRY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTILAYERS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SWELLING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84867097688     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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