Nano-structured smart hydrogels with rapid response and high elasticity

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xia, Lie Wen ^a   Xie, Rui ^a   Ju, Xiao Jie ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chen, Qianming ^a   Chu, Liang Yin ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LESHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GEL; PH; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84881320160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3226     Document Type: Article

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