Mechanical properties of a polymer network of Tetra-PEG gel

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-306

  Sugimura, Asumi ^a   Asai, Makoto ^a   Matsunaga, Takuro ^a   Akagi, Yuki ^a   Sakai, Takamasa ^a   Noguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Shibayama, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

defect gel; large deformation; percolation; polymer gel; Tetra PEG gel

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC NETWORKS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; NETWORK MODELS; POLYMER GELS; POLYMER NETWORKS; REGULAR NETWORKS; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DEFECTS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLVENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84871899534     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.149     Document Type: Article

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