Stress-relaxation behavior of a physical gel: Evidence of co-occurrence of structural relaxation and water diffusion in ionic alginate gels

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3929-3936

  Gentile, Giancarmine ^a,b   Greco, Francesco ^a   Larobina, Domenico ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Inst Res Technol Plast Mat CN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate gels; Stress relaxation; Structural relaxation; Unconfined compression; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE GEL; CO-OCCURRENCE; DIFFUSION OF WATER; PHYSICAL GEL; RELAXATION MEASUREMENTS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; WATER DIFFUSION;

ALGINATE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; STRESS RELAXATION; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

GELS;

EID: 84888371309     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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