Probing Gelation and Rheological Behavior of a Self-Assembled Molecular Gel

Langmuir

Volumn 33, Issue 31, 2017, Pages 7769-7779

  Hashemnejad, Seyed Meysam ^a   Kundu, Santanu ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ELASTICITY; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FIBERS; GELATION; GELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; RHEOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRESS RELAXATION;

CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; STRESS RELAXATION DATA; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURAL ORIGIN;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLVENT;

CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

GELS; HYDROGEN BONDING; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 85027015934     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01531     Document Type: Article

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