Transparent hydrogel with enhanced water retention capacity by introducing highly hydratable salt

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2014, Pages

  Bai, Yuanyuan ^a   Chen, Baohong ^a   Xiang, Feng ^a   Zhou, Jinxiong ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Suo, Zhigang ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER RETENTION CAPACITY;

EID: 84908011210     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4898189     Document Type: Article

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