Porous self-protonating spiropyran-based NIPAAm gels with improved reswelling kinetics

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1392-1399

  Ziółkowski, Bartosz ^a   Florea, Larisa ^a   Theobald, Jannick ^a,b   Benito Lopez, Fernando ^a,c   Diamond, Dermot ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; GELS; KINETICS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONTROL SAMPLES; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; DIFFUSION OF WATER; HYDROGEL MATRIX; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; POLY (N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); SHRINKING KINETICS; VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84952986350     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9458-2     Document Type: Article

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