Development of Lignin Supramolecular Hydrogels with Mechanically Responsive and Self-Healing Properties

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2160-2169

  Kai, Dan ^a   Low, Zhi Wei ^b   Liow, Sing Shy ^a   Abdul Karim, Anis ^a   Ye, Hongye ^a   Jin, Guorui ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Loh, Xian Jun ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cyclodextrin; PEGMA; Rheology; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMASS; CYCLODEXTRINS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GELATION; LIGNIN; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RHEOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLUTIONS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; HYPERBRANCHED COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS; PEGMA; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE (PEG-MMA); SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; SUPRAMOLECULAR HYDROGELS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84941079724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00405     Document Type: Article

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