Sponge-like Heterogeneous Gels: Hierarchical Structures in Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Chemical Gels As Observed by Combined Scattering and Confocal Microscopy Method - Hirokawa, Yoshitsugu; Okamoto, Takuya; Kimishima, Kohtaro; Jinnai, Hiroshi; Koizumi, Satoshi; Aizawa, Kazuya; Hashimoto, Takeji (Macromolecules, 2008)
Keywords: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Properties and characterization; Solution and gel properties; Small angle light scattering; Swelling; Gelation; Temperature effect; Experimental study; Acrylamide derivative polymer; Mechanism; Colloidal gel; Heterogeneous material; Local structure; Free radical polymerization; Small angle neutron scattering; Lattice structure