Discontinuous swelling behaviors of lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels in non-polar media
- 18 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 4 (4) , 748-750
Abstract
Discontinuous volume changes of lipophilic polyelectrolyte gels in non-polar organic solvent mixtures are demonstrated towards the construction of stimuli-sensitive materials in media other than water.Keywords
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