Thin, tough, pH-sensitive hydrogel films with rapid load recovery

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4109-4114

  Naficy, Sina ^a   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

load recovery; pH sensitive; poly(acrylic acid); polyurethane; thin hydrogel; tough

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; POLYURETHANES; RECOVERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNLOADING;

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; DOUBLE-NETWORK HYDROGELS; IMMEDIATE RECOVERY; PH SENSITIVE; PH-SENSITIVE HYDROGEL; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; TOUGH;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84897003241     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405708v     Document Type: Article

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