Photolatently modulable hydrogels using unilamellar titania nanosheets as photocatalytic crosslinkers

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Mingjie ^a   Ishida, Yasuhiro ^a   Ebina, Yasuo ^b   Sasaki, Takayoshi ^b   Aida, Takuzo ^a,c  

^a RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; MONOMER; POLYMER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; GEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMER; RADICAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEL; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

EID: 84879625997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3029     Document Type: Article

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