The evolution of structure and properties of PNIPA/clay nanocomposite hydrogels with the freezing time in polymerization

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 820-832

  Chen, Yi ^a,b   Xu, Weijian ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHAINS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GELS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVEYS; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CLAY; POLYMERS; SWELLING;

EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURES; FREEZING PROCESS; NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS; POLY (N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYMERIZATION TIME; POROUS STRUCTURES; RHEOLOGICAL TEST; SWELLING RATES; PNIPA;

FREEZING;

EID: 84897421316     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2014.51     Document Type: Article

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