Static and time-dependent properties of polymer gels around the volume phase transition

Phase Transitions

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1994, Pages 183-240

  Hirotsu, S ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

elasticitic moduli of gels; ferroelasticity; pattern formation; Polymer gels; spinodal decomposition; volume phase transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963177028     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411599408200347     Document Type: Article

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