Responsiveness, swelling, and mechanical properties of PNIPA nanocomposite hydrogels reinforced by nanocellulose

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1797-1807

  Chen, Yi ^a,b   Xu, Weijian ^b   Liu, Wenyong ^a   Zeng, Guangsheng ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

clay; nanocomposite hydrogels; nanocrystalline cellulose; NIPA

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CLAY; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITES;

ACID HYDROLYSIS; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE(NCC); NIPA;

GELS;

EID: 84931563960     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.94     Document Type: Article

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