Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) nanocomposites containing nanocrystalline cellulose: A green approach to thermoresponsive hydrogels

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2393-2402

  Sanna, Roberta ^a   Fortunati, Elena ^b   Alzari, Valeria ^a   Nuvoli, Daniele ^a   Terenzi, Andrea ^b   Casula, Maria Francesca ^c   Kenny, Josè Maria ^b   Mariani, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frontal polymerization; Hydrogels; Nanocellulose; Nanocomposite systems; Stimuli responsive hydrogel

Indexed keywords

FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION; MICRO-CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANO-CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THERMO-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION;

HYDROGELS;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84884414683     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-9988-1     Document Type: Article

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