Effect of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the conductivity and swelling properties of porous polyacrylamide hydrogels

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 624-631

  Sudha, ^a   Mishra, B M ^a   Kumar, D ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Collective diffusion coefficient; conductivity; hydrogels; multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PORE SIZE; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; YARN;

CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION; COLLECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTENT OF CROSS-LINKING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); POLYACRYLAMIDE HYDROGELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS;

HYDROGELS;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; OLIGOMER; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FREEZING; HYBRID; HYDROGEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84908614278     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: 15480046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726351.2014.948974     Document Type: Article

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