A study of physical and covalent hydrogels containing ph-responsive microgel particles and graphene oxide

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 13384-13393

  Cui, Zhengxing ^a   Milani, Amir H ^a   Greensmith, Paula J ^a   Yan, Junfeng ^a   Adlam, Daman J ^b   Hoyland, Judith A ^b,c   Kinloch, Ian A ^a   Freemont, Anthony J ^b,c   Saunders, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CROSSLINKING; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYACRYLATES; REACTION KINETICS; REPAIR;

FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROGEL PARTICLES; STATIC COMPRESSION; YIELDING MECHANISMS;

GELS;

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GEL; GRAPHITE; OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; GEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GELS; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84911166848     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la5032015     Document Type: Article

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