Control superstructure of rigid polyelectrolytes in oppositely charged hydrogels via programmed internal stress

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Takahashi, Riku ^a   Wu, Zi Liang ^a,b   Arifuzzaman, Md ^a   Nonoyama, Takayuki ^a   Nakajima, Tasuku ^a   Kurokawa, Takayuki ^a   Gong, Jian Ping ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; POLYANION; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; ION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; GEL; HYDROGEL; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; STRESS; SWELLING;

EID: 84907305379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5490     Document Type: Article

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